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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 Flowers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flowers 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 Flowers:
- 42.043690, -75.688519
- 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 Flowers
- 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 Broome County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
- Since Flowers is near Susquehanna County and also Chenango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Susquehanna County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango 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 Flowers
Communities Also Named Flowers ...
We found five communities that are also named Flowers.
Within New York, the name Flowers is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Flowers is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,031 miles [1,659.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Flowers that is located in Broome County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Flowers.
- Mississippi
- Walthall County
- This Flowers is located in Walthall County and lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Flowers that is located in Broome County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walthall County community of Flowers.
- Warren County
- This Flowers is located in Warren County and lies 1,057 miles [1,701.1 km] to the southwest of the Flowers that is located in Broome County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Flowers.
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- This Flowers is located in Johnston County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Flowers that is located in Broome County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Flowers.
- Tennessee
- Benton 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 Tennessee community of Flowers [Benton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flowers ...
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.
- Brushville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Brushville is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushville
- Center Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Center Village is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Village
- Corbettsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Damascus
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Damascus is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- Fivemile Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fivemile Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Point
- Great Bend
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Summit
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gulf Summit is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Summit
- Hickory Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hickory Grove is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Island Plain
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Island Plain is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Plain
- Lester
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lester is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Tingley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tingley is located in Susquehanna County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingley
How Far From Flowers 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 Flowers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flowers and extending to:
- Binghamton, which is the Seat of Broome County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Flowers to Binghamton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 106 miles [170.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 228 miles [366.9 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,709 miles [9,187.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,424 miles [10,338.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,300 miles [6,920.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flowers) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Flowers 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Flowers 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 Flowers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0437, Longitude: -75.6885 In this case, the coordinates for Flowers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.818 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.721 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.822 degrees. |
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