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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 Humphrey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Humphrey 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 Humphrey:
    • 42.205681, -78.53904
    • 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 Humphrey
  • 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 Humphrey 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 Humphrey

Communities Also Named Humphrey ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Humphrey.

Within New York, the name Humphrey is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa 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 Alabama community of Humphrey [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • This Humphrey is located in Jefferson County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Humphrey.
    • Idaho
      • Clark County
      • This Humphrey is located in Clark County and lies 1,687 miles [2,715 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Humphrey.
    • Illinois
      • Christian 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 Illinois community of Humphrey [Christian County].
    • Kentucky
      • Casey 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 Kentucky community of Humphrey [Casey County].
    • Michigan
      • Manistee County
      • This Humphrey is located in Manistee County and lies 408 miles [656.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manistee County community of Humphrey.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte County
      • This Humphrey is located in Platte County and lies 971 miles [1,562.7 km]<2> to the west of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Platte County community of Humphrey.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Humphrey lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
    • North Carolina
      • Duplin 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 North Carolina community of Humphrey [Duplin County].
      • Onslow County
      • This Humphrey is located in Onslow County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<2> to the south of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Humphrey.
    • Ontario
      • This Humphrey lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Humphrey is located in King County and lies 2,118 miles [3,408.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Humphrey.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This Humphrey is located in Wood County and lies 269 miles [432.9 km]<2> to the southwest of the Humphrey that is located in Cattaraugus County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wood County community of Humphrey.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Humphrey ...

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.

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

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

  • Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Humphrey to Little Valley, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 245 miles [394.3 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 241 miles [387.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,818 miles [9,363.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,540 miles [10,525.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,415 miles [7,105.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Humphrey 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Humphrey) 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 Humphrey 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 Humphrey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2057, Longitude: -78.5390    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.568 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.722 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.075 degrees.