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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 Guilford Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center:
- 42.405355, -75.462124
- 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 Guilford Center
- 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 Chenango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Since Guilford Center is near Otsego County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Guilford Center
Communities Also Named Guilford Center ...
We found three communities that are also named Guilford Center.
Within New York, the name Guilford Center is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Guilford Center [New Haven County].
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- This Guilford Center is located in Piscataquis County and lies 360 miles [579.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Guilford Center that is located in Chenango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Guilford Center.
- Vermont
- Windham County
- This Guilford Center is located in Windham County and lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the east of the Guilford Center that is located in Chenango County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windham County community of Guilford Center.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Guilford Center ...
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.
- Coventry
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Coventry is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Coventryville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Coventryville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
- Gilbertsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mallory Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Mallory Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Corner
- Middle Bridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Middle Bridge is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Bridge
- Polkville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Polkville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Rockdale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockdale is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
- Rootville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Rootville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rootville
- Sand Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Springvale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Springvale is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
- Toll Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Toll Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Corner
- Union Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Valley is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
How Far From Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Guilford Center and extending to:
- Norwich, which is the Seat of Chenango County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Guilford Center to Norwich, with an average speed<4> 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 88 miles [141.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 255 miles [410.4 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,685 miles [9,149.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,277 miles [6,883.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Guilford Center 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Guilford Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Guilford Center 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 Guilford Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4054, Longitude: -75.4621 In this case, the coordinates for Guilford Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.641 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.579 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.557 degrees. |
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