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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 Arkport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arkport and the surrounding area.
- 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 Arkport:
- 42.394502, -77.696549
- 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 Arkport
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since Arkport is near Allegany County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Arkport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arkport ...
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.
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Bishopville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Burns
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Burns is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Butcher Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Butcher Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Corner
- Gas Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Gas Spring is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Spring
- Greenville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Greenville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grove is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Rogersville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Tinkertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tinkertown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
How Far From Arkport to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Arkport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arkport and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Arkport to Bath, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 200 miles [321.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,776 miles [9,295.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,497 miles [10,455.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Arkport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Arkport 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 Arkport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3945, Longitude: -77.6965 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.026 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.14 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.602 degrees. |
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