Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Chazy Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chazy Landing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Chazy Landing
- 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 Chazy Landing:
- 44.887263, -73.378189
- 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 Chazy Landing
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since Chazy Landing is near Grand Isle County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Grand Isle County
- eBird sighting report for Franklin 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chazy Landing ...
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.
- Beartown
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest) - Chazy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chazy
- Chazy is located in Clinton County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chazy <2>
- Clarenceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarenceville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarenceville
- Dairy Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dairy Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Valley
- Gloria Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gloria Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloria Village
- Gordon Landing
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Landing
- Gordon Landing is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Grand Isle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle
- Grand Isle is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Isle <2>
- Grand Isle Station
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Isle Station have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle Station
- Grand Isle Station is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Henrysburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henrysburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrysburg
- Highgate Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highgate Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highgate Springs
- Highgate Springs is located in Franklin County (VT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highgate Springs <2>
- Nutt's Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nutt's Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutt's Corners
- Pearl
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Pearl is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Rocky Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Rocky Point is located in Clinton County
- Woods Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Falls
- Woods Falls is located in Clinton County
How Far From Chazy Landing 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 Chazy Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Chazy Landing and extending to:
- Plattsburgh, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<4> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chazy Landing to Plattsburgh, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 454 miles [730.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,500 miles [8,851.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,222 miles [10,013.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,098 miles [6,595.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chazy Landing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Clinton County: www.co.clinton.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chazy Landing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chazy Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8873, Longitude: -73.3782 In this case, the coordinates for Chazy Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Chazy Landing 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 305.024 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.173 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.37 degrees. |