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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 Cumminsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cumminsville 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 Cumminsville:
    • 42.571502, -77.719804
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cumminsville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cumminsville ...

We found five communities that share the name Cumminsville.

Within New York, the name Cumminsville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Bracken County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Bracken County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cumminsville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Cumminsville.
    • Nebraska
      • Wheeler County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Wheeler County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the west of the Cumminsville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Cumminsville.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Hamilton County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cumminsville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Cumminsville.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cumminsville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • This Cumminsville is located in Cumberland County and lies 170 miles [273.6 km]<1> to the south of the Cumminsville that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Cumminsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cumminsville ...

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.

  • Byersville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Byersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byersville
    • Byersville is located in Livingston County
  • Dansville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dansville
    • Dansville is located in Livingston County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dansville <4>
  • Groveland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Libertypole
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Libertypole have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Libertypole
    • Libertypole is located in Livingston County
  • Patchinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patchinville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
    • Patchinville is located in Steuben County
  • Reed Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
    • Reed Corners is located in Livingston County
  • Rogersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
    • Rogersville is located in Steuben County
  • Springwater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

  • Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cumminsville to Geneseo, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 201 miles [323.5 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 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cumminsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Livingston County: www.co.livingston.state.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Cumminsville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cumminsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5715, Longitude: -77.7198    
<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 Cumminsville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Cumminsville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.025 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.166 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.539 degrees.




 

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