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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 Great Bend, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Great Bend 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 Great Bend:
- 44.034092, -75.718876
- 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 Great Bend
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Great Bend is near Lewis County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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 Great Bend
Communities Also Named Great Bend ...
We found four communities that are also named Great Bend.
Within New York, the name Great Bend is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barton County
- This Great Bend is located in Barton County and lies 1,254 miles [2,018.1 km]<1> to the west of the Great Bend that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barton County community of Great Bend.
- North Dakota
- Richland County
- This Great Bend is located in Richland County and lies 1,034 miles [1,664.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Great Bend that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Great Bend.
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Great Bend is located in Meigs County and lies 471 miles [758 km]<1> to the southwest of the Great Bend that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Great Bend.
- Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna County
- This Great Bend is located in Susquehanna County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the south of the Great Bend that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Susquehanna County community of Great Bend.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Great Bend ...
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.
- Calcium
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Carthage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champion
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Champion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion
- Dutch Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dutch Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
- Evans Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fargo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fargo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Felts Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Herrings
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Herrings is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
- Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
- Reedville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Reedville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
How Far From Great Bend 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 Great Bend to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Great Bend and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Great Bend to Watertown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 361 miles [581 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,351 miles [10,220.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,227 miles [6,802.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Great Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Great Bend 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 Great Bend. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0341, Longitude: -75.7189 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.616 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.816 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.933 degrees. |
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