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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 Hankins, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hankins 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 Hankins:
- 41.814434, -75.086527
- 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 Hankins
- 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 Sullivan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sullivan County
- Since Hankins is near Wayne County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne 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 Hankins
Communities Also Named Hankins ...
We found one communities that are also named Hankins.
Within New York, the name Hankins is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Hankins in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- McDowell County
- This Hankins is located in McDowell County and lies 560 miles [901.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Hankins that is located in Sullivan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McDowell County community of Hankins.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hankins ...
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.
- Basket
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Basket is located in Sullivan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basket
- Damascus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Falls Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- French Woods
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- French Woods is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Woods
- Hilltown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hilltown is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
- Long Eddy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lordville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lordville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordville
- Pea Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Mill is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mill
- Priceville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Priceville is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Priceville
- Rock Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Stalker
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Stalker is located in Wayne County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stalker
How Far From Hankins 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 Hankins to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hankins and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hankins to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the northeast (NE). 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 226 miles [363.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,282 miles [6,891.2 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- Hankins) 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 Hankins 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 Hankins. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.8144, Longitude: -75.0865 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.475 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.296 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.65 degrees. |
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