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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 Irish Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement:
- 42.231667, -77.929167
- 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 Irish Settlement
- 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Since Irish Settlement is near Steuben County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Irish Settlement
Communities Also Named Irish Settlement ...
We found four communities that are also named Irish Settlement.
There are two communities within New York that are also named Irish Settlement.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Herkimer County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Herkimer County and lies 158 miles [254.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Irish Settlement that is located in Allegany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Herkimer County community of Irish Settlement.
- Saint Lawrence County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Saint Lawrence County and lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Irish Settlement that is located in Allegany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Lawrence County community of Irish Settlement.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Washington County
- This Irish Settlement is located in Washington County and lies 550 miles [885.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Irish Settlement that is located in Allegany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Irish Settlement.
- New Brunswick
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Irish Settlement.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Irish Settlement ...
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.
- Almond
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Aristotle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Aristotle is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristotle
- Elm Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Friendship
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hallsport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Hartsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Independence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Knight Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Knight Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Creek
- Tinkertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tinkertown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
- Tip Top
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Irish Settlement and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies just to the West.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 214 miles [344.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Irish Settlement to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 234 miles [376.6 km] to the south (S). 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 5,792 miles [9,321.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,513 miles [10,481.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,389 miles [7,063.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Irish Settlement) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Irish Settlement 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. |
| <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 Irish Settlement 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 Irish Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2317, Longitude: -77.9292 In this case, the coordinates for Irish Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.185 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.293 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.779 degrees. |
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