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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 Caroline, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caroline 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 Caroline:
- 42.378406, -76.295489
- 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 Caroline
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since Caroline is near Cortland County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Caroline
Communities Also Named Caroline ...
We found five communities that are also named Caroline.
Within New York, the name Caroline is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Caroline lies 1,897 miles [3,052.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Caroline that is located in Tompkins County.
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- This Caroline is located in Iberia Parish and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Caroline that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iberia Parish community of Caroline.
- Minnesota
- Le Sueur 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 Minnesota community of Caroline [Le Sueur County].
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- This Caroline is located in Seneca County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Caroline that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Seneca County community of Caroline.
- Wisconsin
- Shawano County
- This Caroline is located in Shawano County and lies 650 miles [1,046.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Caroline that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shawano County community of Caroline.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Caroline ...
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.
- Candor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Freeville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hunts Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Ithaca
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jenksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Lacy Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
- Red Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Slaterville Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Speedsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Caroline 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 Caroline to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caroline and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Caroline to Ithaca, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,720 miles [9,205.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,438 miles [10,361 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,313 miles [6,941.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Caroline) 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 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 Caroline 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> | 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 Caroline 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 Caroline. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3784, Longitude: -76.2955 In this case, the coordinates for Caroline have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.158 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.157 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.955 degrees. |
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