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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 Dyke, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dyke 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 Dyke:
- 42.223408, -77.023855
- 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 Dyke
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since Dyke is near Chemung County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 Dyke
Communities Also Named Dyke ...
We found ten communities that are also named Dyke.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Dyke.
Beyond New York, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Allegany County
- This Dyke is located in Allegany County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the west of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegany County community of Dyke.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tallapoosa County
- This Dyke is located in Tallapoosa County and lies 813 miles [1,308.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallapoosa County community of Dyke.
- Colorado
- Archuleta County
- This Dyke is located in Archuleta County and lies 1,630 miles [2,623.2 km]<1> to the west of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Archuleta County community of Dyke.
- Georgia
- Gilmer County
- This Dyke is located in Gilmer County and lies 660 miles [1,062.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilmer County community of Dyke.
- Illinois
- Saint Clair 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 Dyke [Saint Clair County].
- Nevada
- Churchill County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Churchill County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Churchill County community of Dyke.
- Elko County
- This community is historic and although located in Elko County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elko County community of Dyke.
- Humboldt County
- This Dyke is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,114 miles [3,402.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Dyke.
- Oklahoma
- Blaine 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 Oklahoma community of Dyke [Blaine County].
- Virginia
- Greene County
- This Dyke is located in Greene County and lies 285 miles [458.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Dyke that is located in Steuben County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Dyke.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dyke ...
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 Dams
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Flats
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chambers
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Cherry Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cherry Lane is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Corning
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Denmark
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Denmark is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
- Gang Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gang Mills is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gang Mills
- Meads Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Meads Creek is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meads Creek
- Painted Post
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
How Far From Dyke 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 Dyke to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dyke and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dyke to Bath, 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 168 miles [270.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 229 miles [368.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,756 miles [9,263.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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- Dyke) 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 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 Dyke 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dyke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Dyke 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 Dyke. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2234, Longitude: -77.0239 In this case, the coordinates for Dyke have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.623 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.658 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.36 degrees. |
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