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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 Durhamville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Durhamville 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 Durhamville:
    • 43.120624, -75.671016
    • 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 Durhamville
  • 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 Durhamville ...

We found two communities that share the name Durhamville.

Within New York, the name Durhamville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Durhamville [Aiken County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Durhamville is located in Lauderdale County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Durhamville that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Durhamville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Durhamville ...

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.

  • Brewers Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Corner
    • Brewers Corner is located in Oneida County
  • Churchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Churchville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
    • Churchville is located in Oneida County
  • Clockville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
    • Cottons is located in Madison County
  • Edgewater Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edgewater Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County
  • Fish Creek Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Creek Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Landing
    • Fish Creek Landing is located in Oneida County
  • Fish Creek Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Station
    • Fish Creek Station is located in Oneida County
  • Five Chimneys Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Chimneys Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Chimneys Corner
    • Five Chimneys Corner is located in Madison County
  • Five Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Madison County
  • Merrillsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merrillsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
    • Merrillsville is located in Madison County
  • Messenger Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Messenger Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messenger Bay
    • Messenger Bay is located in Madison County
  • Paradise Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
    • Paradise Hill is located in Oneida County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Scribner Corners
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scribner Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Corners
      • Scribner Corners is located in Madison County
    • Stacy Basin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stacy Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Basin
      • Stacy Basin is located in Oneida County
    • Starks Landing
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Starks Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Landing
      • Starks Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Willow Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
      • Willow Place is located in Oneida County

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

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

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Durhamville to Utica, with an average speed<5> 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 most of a day.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 300 miles [482.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,259 miles [6,854.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Oneida County: www.co.oneida.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Durhamville 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Durhamville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Durhamville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1206, Longitude: -75.6710       In this case, the coordinates for Durhamville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Durhamville 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 306.692 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.752 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.331 degrees.




 

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