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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 East Richford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Richford 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 East Richford:
    • 42.371462, -76.154095
    • 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 East Richford
  • 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 East Richford ...

We found two communities that share the name East Richford.

Within New York, the name East Richford is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Vermont
      • Franklin County
      • This East Richford is located in Franklin County and lies 254 miles [408.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the East Richford that is located in Tioga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of East Richford.
      • Orleans 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 Vermont community of East Richford [Orleans County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Richford ...

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.

  • Candor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Freetown Corners
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freetown Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
    • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Freeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
    • Freeville is located in Tompkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <3>
  • Hunts Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
    • Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jenksville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jenksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
    • Jenksville is located in Tioga County
  • Lacy Corners
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lacy Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
    • Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
  • Maine
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine
    • Maine is located in Broome County
  • Marathon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marathon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
    • Marathon is located in Cortland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <3>
  • Messengerville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Messengerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
    • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Penelope
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penelope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
      • Penelope is located in Broome County
    • Red Mills
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
      • Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
    • Slaterville Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Speedsville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speedsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
      • Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
    • Texas Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
      • Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
    • Willow Glen
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Glen have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
      • Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County

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

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

  • Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Richford to Owego, 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 6 hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,715 miles [9,197.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,308 miles [6,933.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

The official website for Tioga County: www.tiogacountyny.com/

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 '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- East Richford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Richford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3715, Longitude: -76.1541       In this case, the coordinates for East Richford have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 East Richford 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 East Richford 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 307.071 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.059 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.893 degrees.




 

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