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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 Barrington, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Barrington 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 Barrington:
- 42.546920, -77.056101
- 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 Barrington
- 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 Yates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Since Barrington is near Steuben County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 Barrington
Communities Also Named Barrington ...
We found eleven communities that are also named Barrington.
Within New York, the name Barrington is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Barrington [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Barrington is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,043 miles [1,678.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Barrington.
- Georgia
- Houston County
- This Barrington is located in Houston County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Barrington.
- Newton County
- This Barrington is located in Newton County and lies 729 miles [1,173.2 km] to the southwest of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Barrington.
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Barrington is located in Cook County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the west of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Barrington.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Barrington is located in Baltimore County and lies 222 miles [357.3 km]<2> to the south of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Barrington.
- New Hampshire
- Strafford County
- This Barrington is located in Strafford County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Strafford County community of Barrington.
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Barrington [Camden County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Barrington lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- Quebec
- This Barrington lies 247 miles [397.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- Rhode Island
- Bristol County
- This Barrington is located in Bristol County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the east of the Barrington that is located in Yates County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bristol County community of Barrington.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barrington ...
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.
- Crystal Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Grove Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
- Himrod
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Mays Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Porter Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Porter Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
- Randall Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Randall Crossing is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall Crossing
- Rock Stream
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Second Milo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
- Willow Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Willow Grove is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Barrington 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 Barrington to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barrington and extending to:
- Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies just to the North.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Barrington to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,339 miles [6,982.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Barrington 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Barrington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Barrington 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 Barrington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5469, Longitude: -77.0561 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.613 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.698 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.237 degrees. |
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