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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 Binghamton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Binghamton 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 Binghamton:
    • 38.351300, -121.822739
    • 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.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Binghamton
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Solano County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Solano County
    • Since Binghamton is near Yolo County and also Sacramento County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yolo County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sacramento County
  • 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Binghamton

Communities Also Named Binghamton ...

We found three communities that are also named Binghamton.

Within California, the name Binghamton is unique.

Beyond California, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New York
      • Broome County
      • This Binghamton is located in Broome County and lies 2,405 miles [3,870.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Binghamton that is located in Solano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broome County community of Binghamton.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Binghamton [Cass County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Outagamie County
      • This Binghamton is located in Outagamie County and lies 1,764 miles [2,838.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Binghamton that is located in Solano County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Outagamie County community of Binghamton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Binghamton ...

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.

  • Bucktown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Bucktown is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucktown
  • Bunker
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bunker is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
  • Cannon ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cannon is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
  • Five Points
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Five Points is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Green is located in Yolo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
  • Leisure Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Leisure Town is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Town
  • Maine Prairie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Maine Prairie is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Prairie
  • Violet ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Violet is located in Solano County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Violet

How Far From Binghamton 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 Binghamton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fairfield, which is the Seat of Solano County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Binghamton to Fairfield, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast (NE). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 94 days and walking would take 136 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,366 miles [11,854.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,133 miles [13,088.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,187 miles [9,957 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Binghamton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Binghamton 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.
<3>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.
<4>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 Binghamton to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Binghamton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.3513, Longitude: -121.8227       In this case, the coordinates for Binghamton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.761 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.652 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.798 degrees.