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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 Collingwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Collingwood 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 Collingwood:
- 42.200833, -76.888611
- 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 Collingwood
- 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 Collingwood is near Steuben County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 Collingwood
Communities Also Named Collingwood ...
We found nine communities that are also named Collingwood.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Collingwood.
Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Onondaga County
- This Collingwood is located in Onondaga County and lies 61 miles [98.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Collingwood.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lee County
- This Collingwood is located in Lee County and lies 806 miles [1,297.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Collingwood.
- Indiana
- DeKalb 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 Indiana community of Collingwood [DeKalb County].
- Hamilton County
- This Collingwood is located in Hamilton County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Collingwood.
- Kansas
- Osage 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 Kansas community of Collingwood [Osage County].
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Collingwood is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the south of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Collingwood.
- Ontario
- This Collingwood lies 230 miles [370.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- This Collingwood is located in Sullivan County and lies 481 miles [774.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Collingwood.
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- This Collingwood is located in Fairfax County and lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the south of the Collingwood that is located in Chemung County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfax County community of Collingwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Collingwood ...
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.
- Beaver Dams
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Big Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Chambers
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Chambers is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Cherry Lane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Lane is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Denmark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Denmark is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Fisherville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fisherville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisherville
- Golden Glow Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golden Glow Heights is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glow Heights
- Horseheads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Knoll
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard Knoll is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Knoll
- Pioneer Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Post Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Rush Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rush Run is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush Run
How Far From Collingwood 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 Collingwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Collingwood and extending to:
- Elmira, which is the Seat of Chemung County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Collingwood to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 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 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,470 miles [10,412.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,345 miles [6,992.6 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- Collingwood) 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 Collingwood 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 Collingwood 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 Collingwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2008, Longitude: -76.8886 In this case, the coordinates for Collingwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.562 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.307 degrees. |
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