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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 Lounsberry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lounsberry 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 Lounsberry:
    • 42.058449, -76.335512
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lounsberry
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Lounsberry ...

We found one communities that share the name Lounsberry.

Within New York, the name Lounsberry is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Lounsberry in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Dakota
      • Day 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 South Dakota community of Lounsberry [Day County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lounsberry ...

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.

  • Bumpville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bumpville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumpville
    • Bumpville is located in Bradford County (PA)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Bumpville
    • From Lounsberry to Bumpville
  • Campville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Catatonk
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catatonk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
    • Catatonk is located in Tioga County
  • Germany Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Germany Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Hill
    • Germany Hill is located in Tioga County
  • Hoopers Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hullsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Milltown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milltown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
    • Milltown is located in Bradford County (PA)
  • Owl Hollow
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owl Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Hollow
    • Owl Hollow is located in Bradford County (PA)
  • Price Home
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Price Home have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price Home
    • Price Home is located in Tioga County
  • Straits Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straits Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
    • Straits Corners is located in Tioga County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Lounsberry and extending to:

  • Owego, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<4> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Lounsberry to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,452 miles [10,383.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lounsberry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tioga County: www.tiogacountyny.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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 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 Lounsberry 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Lounsberry) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lounsberry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0584, Longitude: -76.3355    
<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 Lounsberry to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.214 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.17 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.113 degrees.




 

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