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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 Cassville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cassville 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 Cassville:
    • 42.945684, -75.254459
    • 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 Cassville
  • 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 Cassville is near Herkimer County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Cassville

Communities Also Named Cassville ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Cassville.

Within New York, the name Cassville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Newton 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 Arkansas community of Cassville [Newton County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow County
      • This Cassville is located in Bartow County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bartow County community of Cassville.
    • Indiana
      • Howard County
      • This Cassville is located in Howard County and lies 583 miles [938.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Cassville.
    • Missouri
      • Barry County
      • This Cassville is located in Barry County and lies 1,074 miles [1,728.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Cassville.
    • Nebraska
      • Cass County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Cass County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Cassville.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Cassville is located in Ocean County and lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Cassville.
    • Ohio
      • Harrison County
      • This Cassville is located in Harrison County and lies 355 miles [571.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Cassville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • This Cassville is located in Huntingdon County and lies 232 miles [373.4 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Huntingdon County community of Cassville.
    • Quebec
      • This Cassville lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
    • Tennessee
      • White County
      • This Cassville is located in White County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Cassville.
    • West Virginia
      • Monongalia County
      • This Cassville is located in Monongalia County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<2> to the southwest of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Cassville.
      • Wayne 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 West Virginia community of Cassville [Wayne County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Grant County
      • This Cassville is located in Grant County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<2> to the west of the Cassville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Cassville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cassville ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Cedarville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Clayville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cranes Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cranes Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
  • Days Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
  • Five Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Forge Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Forge Hollow is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Hollow
  • Greens Crossing
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Greens Crossing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
  • Gulph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gulph is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph
  • Hitching Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hitching Corner is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitching Corner
  • Marshall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Marshall is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Paris
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Paris is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Paris Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Station
  • Woods Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Woods Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corners

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

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

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Cassville to Utica, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,654 miles [9,099.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 Cassville 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cassville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cassville, 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 Cassville 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 Cassville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9457, Longitude: -75.2545    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.453 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.455 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.215 degrees.