Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Elko, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elko and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Elko
- 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 Elko:
- 42.0281200, -78.8905900
- 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 Elko
- 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 Cattaraugus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Since Elko is near Warren County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Warren County
- eBird sighting report for McKean 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Elko ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Elko.
Within New York, the name Elko is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- This Elko lies 1,799 miles [2,895.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Elko that is located in Cattaraugus County.
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Elko ...
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.
- Cable Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cable Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Hollow
- Cable Hollow is located in Warren County (PA)
- Cold Spring
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Cold Spring is located in Cattaraugus County
- Cornplanter ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cornplanter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornplanter
- Cornplanter is located in Warren County (PA)
- Dodge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Ivory
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Ivory is located in Chautauqua County
- New Ireland ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Ireland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- New Ireland is located in Cattaraugus County
- New Ireland has also been known as:
- Irish Town
- Little Ireland
- Quaker Bridge ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Quaker Bridge. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Bridge
- Quaker Bridge is located in Cattaraugus County
- Quaker Bridge has also been known as:
- Tunesassa
- Randolph
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Randolph is located in Cattaraugus County
- Estimated population in 2012: 1,273 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <6>
- Red House
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Sugar Run ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Elko 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 Elko to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Elko once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Elko and extending to:
- Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Elko to Little Valley, with an average speed<7> 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 265 miles [426.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,840 miles [9,398.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,437 miles [7,140.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Cattaraugus County: www.co.cattaraugus.ny.us/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elko) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elko. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0281, Longitude: -78.8906 |
| <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 Elko 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 Elko, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Elko to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.801 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.958 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.311 degrees. |