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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 Mayville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mayville 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 Mayville:
    • 42.253184, -79.503117
    • 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 Mayville
  • 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 Mayville ...

We found nine communities that share the name Mayville.

Within New York, the name Mayville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Columbia 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 Georgia community of Mayville [Columbia County].
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • This Mayville is located in Oxford County and lies 461 miles [741.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oxford County community of Mayville.
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • This Mayville is located in Tuscola County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Mayville.
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Mayville [Mower County].
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Mayville is located in Cape May County and lies 328 miles [527.9 km]<2> to the southeast of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Mayville.
    • North Dakota
      • Traill County
      • This Mayville is located in Traill County and lies 941 miles [1,514.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Traill County community of Mayville.
    • Oregon
      • Gilliam County
      • This Mayville is located in Gilliam County and lies 2,020 miles [3,250.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gilliam County community of Mayville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lawrence County
      • This Mayville is located in Lawrence County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Mayville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Dodge County
      • This Mayville is located in Dodge County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Mayville that is located in Chautauqua County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Mayville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mayville ...

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.

  • Cottage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Park
    • Cottage Park is located in Chautauqua County
  • Dean
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dean have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
    • Dean is located in Chautauqua County
  • Elm Tree
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elm Tree have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Tree
    • Elm Tree is located in Chautauqua County
  • Forest Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
    • Forest Park is located in Chautauqua County
  • Hartfield
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hartfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartfield
    • Hartfield is located in Chautauqua County
  • Magnolia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia
    • Magnolia is located in Chautauqua County
  • Maple Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
    • Maple Springs is located in Chautauqua County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Springs <6>
  • Pleasantville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasantville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantville
    • Pleasantville is located in Chautauqua County
  • Point Pleasant
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
    • Point Pleasant is located in Chautauqua County
  • Summerdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Summerdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerdale
    • Summerdale is located in Chautauqua County
  • Willow Brook
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Brook
    • Willow Brook is located in Chautauqua County
  • Woodlawn
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodlawn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodlawn is located in Chautauqua County

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

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

  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mayville to Albany, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 265 miles [426.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,854 miles [9,421.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,578 miles [10,586.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,454 miles [7,168 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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 Mayville 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 '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- Mayville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mayville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2532, Longitude: -79.5031       In this case, the coordinates for Mayville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mayville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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 Mayville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.169 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.409 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.51 degrees.