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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 Boonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boonville 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 Boonville:
- 43.483885, -75.336004
- 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 Boonville
- 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Since Boonville is near Lewis County and also Herkimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer 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 Boonville
Communities Also Named Boonville ...
We found eight communities that are also named Boonville.
Within New York, the name Boonville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mendocino County
- This Boonville is located in Mendocino County and lies 2,477 miles [3,986.3 km]<1> to the west of the Boonville that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Boonville.
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Boonville [Pueblo County].
- Indiana
- Warrick County
- This Boonville is located in Warrick County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boonville that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Boonville.
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Boonville [Coffey County].
- Missouri
- Cooper County
- This Boonville is located in Cooper County and lies 954 miles [1,535.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boonville that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cooper County community of Boonville.
- North Carolina
- Yadkin County
- This Boonville is located in Yadkin County and lies 575 miles [925.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Boonville that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yadkin County community of Boonville.
- Tennessee
- Polk County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Boonville [Polk County].
- Texas
- Brazos County
- This Boonville is located in Brazos County and lies 1,448 miles [2,330.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Boonville that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazos County community of Boonville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boonville ...
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.
- Beartown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beartown is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Constableville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fink Hollow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fink Hollow is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink Hollow
- Fish Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Fish Creek is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Flint Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Flint Town is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town
- Forestport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fowlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Fowlersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Hillside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hillside is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hurlbutville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hurlbutville is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurlbutville
- Locust Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Lyons Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lyonsdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Mohawk Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Prussian Settlement
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Prussian Settlement is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prussian Settlement
How Far From Boonville 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 village such as Boonville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boonville and extending to:
- Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 27 miles [43.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Boonville to Utica, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 97 miles [156.1 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 328 miles [527.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,636 miles [9,070.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,356 miles [10,229 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,231 miles [6,809.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Boonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Boonville 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. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Boonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Boonville 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 Boonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4839, Longitude: -75.3360 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.441 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.529 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.005 degrees. |
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