Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bagdad, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagdad and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bagdad
- 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 Bagdad:
- 42.482839, -78.920034
- 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 Bagdad
- 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Bagdad is near Cattaraugus County and also Chautauqua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- eBird sighting report for Chautauqua 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Bagdad ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Bagdad.
Within New York, the name Bagdad is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Bagdad, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Michigan
- New Brunswick
- This Bagdad lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Bagdad that is located in Erie County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- This Bagdad is located in Erie County and lies 67 miles [107.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Bagdad that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Erie County community of Bagdad.
- Westmoreland County
- This Bagdad is located in Westmoreland County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the south southwest of the Bagdad that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Bagdad.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Jackson 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 Bagdad [Jackson County].
- Smith 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 Tennessee community of Bagdad [Smith County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- Distance: 10,111 miles [16,272.1 km]<1> to the west southwest
- Australia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagdad ...
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.
- Balltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Boston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
- Boston is located in Erie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boston <5>
- Cottage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Derby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
- Derby is located in Erie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Derby <5>
- Eden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Eden is located in Erie County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eden <5>
- Eden Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Valley
- Eden Valley is located in Erie County
- Evans Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evans Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Center
- Evans Center is located in Erie County
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Cattaraugus County
- Forestville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forestville
- Forestville is located in Chautauqua County
- Estimated population in 2016: 663 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forestville <5>
- Fowlerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fowlerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Fowlerville is located in Erie County
- Hamlet
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Leon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Leon is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leon <5>
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- Maples
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - New Oregon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Oregon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Oregon
- New Oregon is located in Erie County
- Otto
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Otto is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Otto <5>
- Silver Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
- Silver Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Creek <5>
- Skunks Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skunks Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skunks Corner
- Skunks Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
- Sunset Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Bay
- Sunset Bay is located in Chautauqua County
- Woodside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maples
How Far From Bagdad 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 Bagdad to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bagdad and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bagdad to Buffalo, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 262 miles [421.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,821 miles [9,368 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bagdad. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Erie County: www.erie.gov/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bagdad) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bagdad. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4828, Longitude: -78.9200 In this case, the coordinates for Bagdad have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Bagdad, 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 Bagdad 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Bagdad to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.785 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.011 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.143 degrees. |