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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 Beaver Meadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beaver Meadow 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 Beaver Meadow:
- 42.659450, -75.680080
- 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 Beaver Meadow
- 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 Chenango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Since Beaver Meadow is near Madison County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Beaver Meadow
Communities Also Named Beaver Meadow ...
We found three communities that are also named Beaver Meadow.
Within New York, the name Beaver Meadow is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, one is located in the United States and the other two communities are located in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Mobile 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 Alabama community of Beaver Meadow [Mobile County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Beaver Meadow lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Beaver Meadow that is located in Chenango County.
- Ontario
- This Beaver Meadow lies 333 miles [535.9 km]<2> to the west of the Beaver Meadow that is located in Chenango County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaver Meadow ...
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.
- Earlville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Galena
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Galena is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pitcher
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pitcher Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
- Plasterville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Plasterville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plasterville
- Plymouth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Poolville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poolville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
- Quaker Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Quaker Settlement is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Settlement
- Randallsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Seventh Day Hollow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Seventh Day Hollow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventh Day Hollow
How Far From Beaver Meadow 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 community such as Beaver Meadow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaver Meadow and extending to:
- Norwich, which is the Seat of Chenango County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beaver Meadow to Norwich, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,683 miles [9,145.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 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 Beaver Meadow 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beaver Meadow) 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 Beaver Meadow 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 Beaver Meadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6594, Longitude: -75.6801 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.741 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.544 degrees. |
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