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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 Branchport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Branchport and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Branchport:
    • 42.598681, -77.153862
    • 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 Branchport
  • 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 Branchport 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 Branchport

Communities Also Named Branchport ...

We found two communities that are also named Branchport.

Within New York, the name Branchport is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kansas
      • Jewell 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 Kansas community of Branchport [Jewell County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • This Branchport is located in Monmouth County and lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the southeast of the Branchport that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monmouth County community of Branchport.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Branchport ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
  • Friend
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Friend is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Grove Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Havens Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Havens Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corner
  • Italy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Italy is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
  • Italy Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Italy Hill is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
  • Mays Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mays Mills is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
  • Middlesex
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Porter Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Porter Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
  • Potter
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Potter is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
  • Second Milo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Second Milo is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
  • Williams Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Williams Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
  • Willow Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Willow Grove is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove

How Far From Branchport 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 Branchport to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Branchport and extending to:

  • Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Branchport 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 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five 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 5,746 miles [9,247.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,342 miles [6,987.8 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 Branchport 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Branchport) 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 Branchport 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 Branchport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5987, Longitude: -77.1539       In this case, the coordinates for Branchport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.669 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.769 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.261 degrees.