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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 Chemung, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chemung 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 Chemung:
- 42.008407, -76.623837
- 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 Chemung
- 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 Chemung County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
- Since Chemung is near Bradford County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Chemung
Communities Also Named Chemung ...
We found four communities that are also named Chemung.
Within New York, the name Chemung is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Cheyenne 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 Chemung [Cheyenne County].
- Illinois
- McHenry County
- This Chemung is located in McHenry County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<2> to the west of the Chemung that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McHenry County community of Chemung.
- Kansas
- Franklin 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 Kansas community of Chemung [Franklin County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lycoming County
- This Chemung is located in Lycoming County and lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Chemung that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Chemung.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chemung ...
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.
- Big Pond
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Pond is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pond
- Checkerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Checkerville is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Checkerville
- Erin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Golden Glow Heights
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Golden Glow Heights is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glow Heights
- Hicks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hicks is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicks
- Hoopers Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Hoopers Valley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopers Valley
- Huffs Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Huffs Corner is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huffs Corner
- Milltown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Milltown is located in Bradford County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Orchard Knoll
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Knoll is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knoll
- Pine City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Chemung 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 Chemung to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chemung and extending to:
- Elmira, which is the Seat of Chemung County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chemung to Elmira, with an average speed<4> 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 152 miles [244.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 215 miles [346 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,749 miles [9,252.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,466 miles [10,406 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Chemung 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 '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- Chemung) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Chemung 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 Chemung. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0084, Longitude: -76.6238 In this case, the coordinates for Chemung have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.396 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.367 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.267 degrees. |
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