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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 Mapes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mapes 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 Mapes:
- 42.048401, -77.932501
- 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 Mapes
- 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 Mapes is near Potter County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 Mapes
Communities Also Named Mapes ...
We found four communities that are also named Mapes.
Within New York, the name Mapes is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Mapes lies 2,230 miles [3,588.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Mapes that is located in Allegany County.
- North Dakota
- Nelson County
- This Mapes is located in Nelson County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Mapes that is located in Allegany County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nelson County community of Mapes.
- Ontario
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Pennsylvania
- Clinton County
- 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 Pennsylvania community of Mapes [Clinton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mapes ...
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.
- Eleven Mile
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Elm Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Hallsport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Independence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Knight Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Knight Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Creek
- Lewis Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Pikeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pikeville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
- Richburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Spring Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Spring Mills is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
How Far From Mapes 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 Mapes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mapes and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mapes to Belmont, 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 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 222 miles [357.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,396 miles [7,074.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mapes) 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 Mapes 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 Mapes 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 Mapes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0484, Longitude: -77.9325 In this case, the coordinates for Mapes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.202 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.284 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.856 degrees. |
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