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 Baldwin Heights:
42.099232, -78.422520
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.
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 Cattaraugus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that share the name Baldwin Heights.
Within New York, the name Baldwin Heights is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Washington County
This Baldwin Heights is located in Washington County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Baldwin Heights that is located in Cattaraugus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Baldwin Heights.
Indiana
Gibson County
This Baldwin Heights is located in Gibson County and lies 547 miles [880.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Baldwin Heights that is located in Cattaraugus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gibson County community of Baldwin Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baldwin Heights ...
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.
Boardmanville (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boardmanville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Chipmunk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Four Mile. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
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 Baldwin Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Baldwin Heights and extending to:
Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Baldwin Heights to Little Valley, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 240 miles [386.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Baldwin Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Baldwin Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0992, Longitude: -78.4225 In this case, the coordinates for Baldwin Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<3>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Baldwin Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.504 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.632 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.064 degrees.