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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 Bonila, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bonila 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 Bonila:
- 42.115336, -79.281715
- 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 Bonila
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Bonila is near Warren County and also Cattaraugus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus 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 Bonila
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bonila ...
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.
- Boomertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Boomertown is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boomertown
- Driftwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Driftwood is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driftwood
- Falconer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gerry
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Long View
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Long View is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long View
- Longview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Longview is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
- Maple Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Maple Point is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Point
- Oriental Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oriental Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriental Park
- Quigley Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Quigley Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quigley Park
- Stillwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Stillwater is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Sunnyside
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Towerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Towerville is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towerville
How Far From Bonila 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 Bonila to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bonila and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bonila to Mayville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 283 miles [455.4 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 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,852 miles [9,417.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Bonila) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Bonila 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 Bonila. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1153, Longitude: -79.2817 In this case, the coordinates for Bonila have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.04 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.241 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.46 degrees. |
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