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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 Catatonk, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Catatonk 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 Catatonk:
- 42.157019, -76.307434
- 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 Catatonk
- 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 Catatonk is near Tompkins County and also Broome County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome 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 Catatonk
Curious and Interesting Names Near Catatonk ...
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.
- Campville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Campville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Candor
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Germany Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Germany Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Hill
- Hoopers Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Hullsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Jenksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Price Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Price Home is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Home
- Speedsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Straits Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
How Far From Catatonk to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Catatonk to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Catatonk and extending to:
- Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Catatonk 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the south (S). 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 5,730 miles [9,221.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Catatonk) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Catatonk 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 Catatonk. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1570, Longitude: -76.3074 In this case, the coordinates for Catatonk have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.187 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.155 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.057 degrees. |
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