Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chautauqua, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chautauqua and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chautauqua
- 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 Chautauqua:
- 42.209780, -79.466714
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Chautauqua
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Chautauqua is near Warren County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- eBird sighting report for Erie 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Chautauqua ...
We found ten communities that share the name Chautauqua.
Within New York, the name Chautauqua is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Boulder 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 Colorado community of Chautauqua [Boulder County].
- Illinois
- Jersey County
- This Chautauqua is located in Jersey County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jersey County community of Chautauqua.
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie County
- This Chautauqua is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 842 miles [1,355.1 km]<2> to the west of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Chautauqua.
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- This Chautauqua is located in Chautauqua County and lies 956 miles [1,538.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chautauqua County community of Chautauqua.
- Mississippi
- Harrison 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 Mississippi community of Chautauqua [Harrison County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- This Chautauqua is located in Montgomery County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Chautauqua.
- South Dakota
- Day 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 South Dakota community of Chautauqua [Day County].
- Lake County
- This Chautauqua is located in Lake County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lake County community of Chautauqua.
- Texas
- Callahan 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 Texas community of Chautauqua [Callahan County].
- Washington
- King County
- This Chautauqua is located in King County and lies 2,107 miles [3,390.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Chautauqua that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Chautauqua.
- Colorado
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chautauqua ...
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.
- Cottage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Park
- Cottage Park is located in Chautauqua County
- Elm Tree
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Hartfield
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Magnolia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Maple Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Maple Springs is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Springs <4>
- Mayville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayville
- Mayville is located in Chautauqua County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,565 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayville <4>
- Pleasantville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
- Pleasantville is located in Chautauqua County
- Point Pleasant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
- Point Pleasant is located in Chautauqua County
- Willow Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
- Willow Brook is located in Chautauqua County
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chautauqua and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 292 miles [469.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Chautauqua to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,855 miles [9,422.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,454 miles [7,168 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chautauqua. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Chautauqua County: www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chautauqua 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chautauqua) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chautauqua. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2098, Longitude: -79.4667 In this case, the coordinates for Chautauqua have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Chautauqua to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.15 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.38 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.51 degrees. |