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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in South Albany, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Albany and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for South Albany:
    • 44.691927, -72.313016
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on South Albany
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named South Albany ...

We found three communities that share the name South Albany.

Within Vermont, the name South Albany is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of South Albany [Dougherty County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of South Albany [Carroll County].
    • New York
      • Albany County
      • This South Albany is located in Albany County and lies 166 miles [267.2 km]<2> to the south southwest of the South Albany that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of South Albany.

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Albany ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Coventry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Coventry is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coventry <4>
  • Eden
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Eden Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Mills
    • Eden Mills is located in Lamoille County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden Mills <4>
  • Glover
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glover have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glover
    • Glover is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glover <4>
  • Irasburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irasburg
    • Irasburg is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irasburg <4>
  • Merrill Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrill Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Corner
    • Merrill Corner is located in Orleans County
  • Orleans
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orleans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
    • Orleans is located in Orleans County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 712 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orleans <4>
  • Pottersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pottersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottersville
    • Pottersville is located in Lamoille County

How Far From South Albany to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Albany to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Albany and extending to:

  • Newport, which is the Seat of Orleans County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Albany to Newport, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Montpelier, which is the State Capital of Vermont, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 467 miles [751.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 27 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,465 miles [8,795.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,184 miles [9,952.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,060 miles [6,533.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Albany. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Vermont: https://www.vermont.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that South Albany could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Albany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Albany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6919, Longitude: -72.3130       In this case, the coordinates for South Albany have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from South Albany to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.384 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.424 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.949 degrees.




 

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