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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 Country Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Manor 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 Country Manor:
    • 42.195833, -75.707778
    • 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 Country Manor
  • 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 Broome County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
    • Since Country Manor is near Chenango County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Country Manor

Communities Also Named Country Manor ...

We found seven communities that are also named Country Manor.

Within New York, the name Country Manor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This Country Manor is located in Cobb County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of Country Manor.
      • Coweta County
      • This Country Manor is located in Coweta County and lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the southwest of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coweta County community of Country Manor.
    • Illinois
      • Effingham 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 Illinois community of Country Manor [Effingham County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Country Manor is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Country Manor.
      • Saint Tammany Parish
      • This Country Manor is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 1,131 miles [1,820.2 km] to the southwest of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Country Manor.
    • South Carolina
      • Florence County
      • This Country Manor is located in Florence County and lies 596 miles [959.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Florence County community of Country Manor.
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Country Manor is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,859 miles [2,991.8 km]<1> to the west of the Country Manor that is located in Broome County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Country Manor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Manor ...

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.

  • Bettsburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bettsburg is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bettsburg
  • Center Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Center Village is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
  • Coventry
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Coventry is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Coventryville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Coventryville is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
  • Creekside Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Creekside Village is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside Village
  • Fickles Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Fickles Corner is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickles Corner
  • Fivemile Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fivemile Point is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Point
  • Greene
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lester is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
  • New Ohio
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • New Ohio is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ohio
  • Page Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Page Brook is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Brook
  • Pleasant Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Popes Ravine
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Popes Ravine is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Ravine
  • Tunnel
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)

How Far From Country Manor 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 Country Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Binghamton, which is the Seat of Broome County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Country Manor to Binghamton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 104 miles [167.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 4 days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 238 miles [383 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Country Manor) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Country Manor 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 Country Manor 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 Country Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1958, Longitude: -75.7078       In this case, the coordinates for Country Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.814 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.741 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.764 degrees.