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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 Clintonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clintonville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clintonville:
    • 42.614243, -74.958213
    • 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 Clintonville
  • 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
    • Since Clintonville is near Delaware County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 Clintonville

Communities Also Named Clintonville ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Clintonville.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Clintonville.

Beyond New York, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Clinton County
      • This Clintonville is located in Clinton County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinton County community of Clintonville.
    • Onondaga County
      • This Clintonville is located in Onondaga County and lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Clintonville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Clintonville is located in Coffee County and lies 979 miles [1,575.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Clintonville.
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • This Clintonville is located in New Haven County and lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Clintonville.
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • This Clintonville is located in Kane County and lies 680 miles [1,094.4 km]<1> to the west of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kane County community of Clintonville.
    • Kentucky
      • Bourbon County
      • This Clintonville is located in Bourbon County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bourbon County community of Clintonville.
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Clintonville is located in Oakland County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Clintonville.
    • Missouri
      • Cedar County
      • Although located in Cedar County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cedar County community of Clintonville.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Clintonville [Franklin County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • This Clintonville is located in Venango County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Venango County community of Clintonville.
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This Clintonville is located in Greenbrier County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of Clintonville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waupaca County
      • This Clintonville is located in Waupaca County and lies 702 miles [1,129.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Clintonville that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waupaca County community of Clintonville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clintonville ...

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.

  • Chase
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chase is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Chaseville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Chaseville is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaseville
  • Elk Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Elk Creek is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Creek
  • Fall Bridge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Fall Bridge is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Bridge
  • Field Crossing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Field Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
  • Fly Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Index
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Index is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
  • Jones Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jones Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
  • Lena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lena is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Maryland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Vision
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Scotch Hill
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Scotch Hill is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
    • Summit Crossing
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Summit Crossing is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Crossing
    • Toddsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Toddsville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddsville
    • Whig Corners
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Whig Corners is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Corners

How Far From Clintonville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Clintonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clintonville and extending to:

  • Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Clintonville to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Clintonville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Clintonville 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.
<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 Clintonville 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 Clintonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6142, Longitude: -74.9582       In this case, the coordinates for Clintonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.308 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.238 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.229 degrees.