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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 Cutting, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cutting 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 Cutting:
- 42.024221, -79.695884
- 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 Cutting
- 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 Chautauqua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua County
- Since Cutting is near Erie County and also Warren County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Warren 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 Cutting
Communities Also Named Cutting ...
We found one communities that are also named Cutting.
Within New York, the name Cutting is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Cutting in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Clinch County
- This Cutting is located in Clinch County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cutting that is located in Chautauqua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clinch County community of Cutting.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cutting ...
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 Dam
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Beaver Dam is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Columbus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- French Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- French Creek is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Creek
- Little Hope
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Hope is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Lowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lowville is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowville
- Marvin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Marvin is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvin
- Ranges Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ranges Corners is located in Erie County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranges Corners
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Slab City is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
How Far From Cutting 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 community such as Cutting to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cutting and extending to:
- Mayville, which is the Seat of Chautauqua County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cutting to Mayville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 305 miles [490.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five 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 5,872 miles [9,450.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,471 miles [7,195.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cutting) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Cutting 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 Cutting. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0242, Longitude: -79.6959 In this case, the coordinates for Cutting have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.307 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.528 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.69 degrees. |
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