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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 Gridleyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gridleyville 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 Gridleyville:
- 42.245074, -76.372159
- 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 Gridleyville
- 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Since Gridleyville is near Tompkins County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung 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 Gridleyville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gridleyville ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Catatonk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catatonk is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
- Germany Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Germany Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Hill
- Hullsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hullsville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullsville
- Jenksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Price Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Price Home is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Home
- Slaterville Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Speedsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Straits Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
How Far From Gridleyville 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 Gridleyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Gridleyville and extending to:
- Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Gridleyville to Owego, with an average speed<3> 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 135 miles [217.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 233 miles [375 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,446 miles [10,373.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 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 from Point A (ie- Gridleyville) 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 Gridleyville 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 Gridleyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2451, Longitude: -76.3722 In this case, the coordinates for Gridleyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.218 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.049 degrees. |
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