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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 Halseyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Halseyville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Halseyville:
    • 42.531461, -76.633835
    • 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 Halseyville
  • 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
    • Since Halseyville is near Seneca County and also Schuyler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler 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 Halseyville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Halseyville ...

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.

  • Belltown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Belltown is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belltown
  • Butternut Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Butternut Park is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Park
  • Christian Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Christian Hill is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
  • Cold Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Springs is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Covert
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Covert is located in Seneca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covert
  • Five Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Goodyear Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Goodyear Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Corners
  • Head Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
  • Ithaca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <1>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kennedy Corner
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
    • Kidders
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Kidders is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
    • King Ferry Station
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • King Ferry Station is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Ferry Station
    • Krum Corner
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Krum Corner is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Corner
    • Podunk
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Podunk is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Podunk
    • Willow Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek

How Far From Halseyville 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 Halseyville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Halseyville and extending to:

  • Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Halseyville to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 251 miles [403.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,728 miles [9,218.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 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 '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- Halseyville) 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 Halseyville 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 Halseyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5315, Longitude: -76.6338       In this case, the coordinates for Halseyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.352 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.401 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.046 degrees.