Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dickinson Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dickinson Center and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dickinson Center

• 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 Dickinson Center:
  • 44.717557, -74.552675
  • 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 Dickinson Center

• 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 Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Since Dickinson Center is near Saint Lawrence County and also Clinton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton 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 Dickinson Center

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dickinson Center ...

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.

• Bombay
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Bombay is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bombay
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bombay <1>
• Chasm Falls
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Chasm Falls is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chasm Falls
• Converse
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Converse is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Converse
• Fay
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fay is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fay
• Helena
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Helena is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helena <1>
• Kellogg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kellogg is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
• Parishville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Parishville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parishville <1>
• Parishville Center
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Parishville Center is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parishville Center
• Skinnerville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Skinnerville is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinnerville
• Spring Cove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Cove is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Cove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dickinson Center and extending to:

• Malone, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dickinson Center to Malone, 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 147 miles [236.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 421 miles [677.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,278 miles [10,103.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,154 miles [6,685.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'