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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 Birchland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Birchland Park 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 Birchland Park:
- 42.034722, -76.710000
- 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 Birchland Park
- 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 Chemung County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
- Since Birchland Park is near Bradford County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Birchland Park
Communities Also Named Birchland Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Birchland Park.
Within New York, the name Birchland Park is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Birchland Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Halifax 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 Virginia community of Birchland Park [Halifax County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Birchland Park ...
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.
- Big Pond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Checkerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Checkerville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
- Erin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fisherville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Fisherville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Golden Glow Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Glow Heights is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glow Heights
- Hicks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Horseheads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Huffs Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Huffs Corner is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Corner
- Milltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Mosherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Mosherville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Orchard Knoll
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Knoll is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knoll
- Pine City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pioneer Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
How Far From Birchland Park 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 Birchland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Birchland Park and extending to:
- Elmira, which is the Seat of Chemung County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 156 miles [251.1 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Birchland Park to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 217 miles [349.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,469 miles [10,410.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,344 miles [6,991 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 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 Birchland Park 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Birchland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Birchland Park 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 Birchland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0347, Longitude: -76.7100 In this case, the coordinates for Birchland Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.447 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.429 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.296 degrees. |
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