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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 New York, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New York 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 New York:
    • 40.851670, -93.259932
    • 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 New York
  • 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Since New York is near Lucas County and also Appanoose County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Appanoose 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 New York

Communities Also Named New York ...

We found twelve communities that are also named New York.

Within Iowa, the name New York is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Santa Rosa County
      • This New York is located in Santa Rosa County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<1> to the south southeast of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Rosa County community of New York.
    • Georgia
      • Lee County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New York [Lee County].
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of New York [Polk County].
    • Kentucky
      • Ballard County
      • This New York is located in Ballard County and lies 353 miles [568.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ballard County community of New York.
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of New York [Chickasaw County].
    • Missouri
      • Caldwell County
      • This New York is located in Caldwell County and lies 87 miles [140 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caldwell County community of New York.
      • Scott County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of New York [Scott County].
    • New Mexico
      • Cibola County
      • This New York is located in Cibola County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cibola County community of New York.
    • New York
      • New York County
      • This New York is located in New York County and lies 1,005 miles [1,617.4 km]<1> to the east of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of New York.
    • Ohio
      • Champaign County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Champaign County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Champaign County community of New York.
    • Tennessee
      • Montgomery County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of New York [Montgomery County].
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • This New York is located in Henderson County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the New York that is located in Wayne County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of New York.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New York ...

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.

  • Bethelhem
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bethelhem is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethelhem
  • Confidence
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Confidence is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confidence
  • Derby
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Derby is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 111 people
  • Diamond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Diamond is located in Appanoose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Harvard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Harvard is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Hodge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hodge is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hodge
  • Jerome
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jerome is located in Appanoose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Last Chance
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Last Chance is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Last Chance
  • Lucas
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucas is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Promise City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Promise City is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Walnut City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Walnut City is located in Appanoose County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut City
  • Zero
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Zero is located in Lucas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zero

How Far From New York to ...

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

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

  • Corydon, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Des Moines, which is the State Capital of Iowa, lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could walk a straight line from New York to Des Moines, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 868 miles [1,396.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,181 miles [11,556.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,073 miles [8,164.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- New York) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New York, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 New York 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.
<4>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.
<5>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 New York 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 New York. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8517, Longitude: -93.2599       In this case, the coordinates for New York have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.212 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.516 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.641 degrees.