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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 Kattellville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kattellville 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 Kattellville:
- 42.200078, -75.8594
- 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 Kattellville
- 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 Broome County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broome County
- Since Kattellville is near Chenango County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Kattellville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kattellville ...
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.
- Fickles Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fickles Corner is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fickles Corner
- Fivemile Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fivemile Point is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Point
- Glen Castle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- New Ireland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- New Ohio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- New Ohio is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ohio
- Page Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Page Brook is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Brook
- Pleasant Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Popes Ravine
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Popes Ravine is located in Broome County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes Ravine
- Tunnel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Kattellville 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 Kattellville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Kattellville and extending to:
- Binghamton, which is the Seat of Broome County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Kattellville to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,710 miles [9,189.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,426 miles [10,341.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 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 '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- Kattellville) 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 Kattellville 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 Kattellville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2001, Longitude: -75.8594 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.907 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.846 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.832 degrees. |
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