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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 Virgil, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Virgil 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 East Virgil:
- 42.491183, -76.097983
- 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 East Virgil
- 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
- Since East Virgil is near Broome County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 East Virgil
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Virgil ...
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.
- Freetown Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Georgetown is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Gracie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gracie is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie
- Homer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hunts Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hunts Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Corners
- Lacy Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
- Lower Cincinnatus
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lower Cincinnatus is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cincinnatus
- Marathon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maybury Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
- Messengerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Messengerville is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
- Penelope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Penelope is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
- Red Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Texas Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Texas Valley is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
- Willow Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From East Virgil 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 East Virgil to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Virgil and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East Virgil to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,707 miles [9,184.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- East Virgil) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Virgil 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 East Virgil. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4912, Longitude: -76.0980 In this case, the coordinates for East Virgil have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.024 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.025 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.814 degrees. |
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