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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 Campville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Campville 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 Campville:
    • 42.087814, -76.148731
    • 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 Campville
  • 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
    • Since Campville is near Broome County and also Susquehanna County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna 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 Campville

Communities Also Named Campville ...

We found two communities that are also named Campville.

Within New York, the name Campville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • This Campville is located in Litchfield County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the east of the Campville that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Campville.
    • Florida
      • Alachua County
      • This Campville is located in Alachua County and lies 919 miles [1,479 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Campville that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Campville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Campville ...

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.

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

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

  • Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Campville to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,443 miles [10,369 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Campville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Campville 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 Campville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0878, Longitude: -76.1487    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.096 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.041 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.014 degrees.