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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 Haydenville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Haydenville 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 Haydenville:
    • 42.111454, -78.375018
    • 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 Haydenville
  • 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 Cattaraugus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
    • Since Haydenville is near Allegany County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 Haydenville

Communities Also Named Haydenville ...

We found six communities that are also named Haydenville.

Within New York, the name Haydenville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampshire County
      • This Haydenville is located in Hampshire County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the east of the Haydenville that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampshire County community of Haydenville.
    • Minnesota
      • Lac qui Parle County
      • This Haydenville is located in Lac qui Parle County and lies 917 miles [1,475.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Haydenville that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lac qui Parle County community of Haydenville.
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in DeKalb County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Haydenville.
    • Ohio
      • Ashland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Haydenville [Ashland County].
      • Hocking County
      • This Haydenville is located in Hocking County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Haydenville that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hocking County community of Haydenville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Okfuskee County
      • This Haydenville is located in Okfuskee County and lies 1,059 miles [1,704.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Haydenville that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okfuskee County community of Haydenville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Haydenville ...

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.

  • Boardmanville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Boardmanville is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardmanville
  • Cuba
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Cuba is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <4>
  • Four Mile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Four Mile is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Mile
  • Gardens of Brother Leo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gardens of Brother Leo is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardens of Brother Leo
  • Haymaker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Haymaker is located in McKean County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymaker
  • Homer Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Homer Hill is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Hill
  • Indian Crossing
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Indian Crossing is located in McKean County (PA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
  • Knapp Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Knapp Creek is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Creek
  • Main Settlement
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Main Settlement is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main Settlement
  • Rock City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rock City is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
  • Toll Gate Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Toll Gate Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corner

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Haydenville and extending to:

  • Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Haydenville to Little Valley, with an average speed<5> 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 238 miles [383 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,537 miles [10,520.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,412 miles [7,100.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Haydenville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Haydenville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Haydenville 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Haydenville 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 Haydenville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1115, Longitude: -78.3750       In this case, the coordinates for Haydenville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.473 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.60 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.036 degrees.