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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 Chippewa Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chippewa Bay 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 Chippewa Bay:
- 44.442002, -75.756903
- 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 Chippewa Bay
- 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
- Since Chippewa Bay is near Jefferson County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Chippewa Bay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chippewa Bay ...
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.
- Butternut Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cedars
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedars is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedars
- Fernbank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernbank
- Goose Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goose Bay is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Bay
- Hillcrest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mallorytown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mallorytown Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Narrows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
- Nelson Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Nelson Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson Corner
- Ruby Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ruby Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Corner
How Far From Chippewa Bay 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 Chippewa Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chippewa Bay and extending to:
- Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chippewa Bay to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 158 miles [254.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 388 miles [624.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,613 miles [9,033.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,214 miles [6,781.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chippewa Bay) 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 Chippewa Bay 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 Chippewa Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4420, Longitude: -75.7569 In this case, the coordinates for Chippewa Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.59 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.854 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.761 degrees. |
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