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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 Cohocton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cohocton 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 Cohocton:
- 42.500523, -77.498171
- 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 Cohocton
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since Cohocton is near Ontario County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Cohocton
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cohocton ...
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 Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Big Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Bloomerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bloomerville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomerville
- Dansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Greenville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Howard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hunt Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hunt Hollow is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt Hollow
- Jobs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lent Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lent Hill is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lent Hill
- Marshalls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marshalls is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls
- Naples
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Patchinville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Patchinville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Rogersville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Springwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Cohocton 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 village such as Cohocton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cohocton and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cohocton to Bath, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 190 miles [305.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cohocton) 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 Cohocton 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 Cohocton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5005, Longitude: -77.4982 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.893 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.006 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.465 degrees. |
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