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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 Mitchellsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mitchellsville 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 Mitchellsville:
    • 42.409284, -77.292190
    • 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 Mitchellsville
  • 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Since Mitchellsville is near Schuyler County and also Yates County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yates 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 Mitchellsville

Communities Also Named Mitchellsville ...

We found one communities that are also named Mitchellsville.

Within New York, the name Mitchellsville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • This Mitchellsville is located in Saline County and lies 678 miles [1,091.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Mitchellsville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saline County community of Mitchellsville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Mitchellsville ...

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.

  • Bath
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Bloomerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bloomerville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomerville
  • Bonny Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bonny Hill is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Hill
  • Buck Settlement
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Buck Settlement is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Settlement
  • Cold Springs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Glen Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Glen Grove is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
  • Grove Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
  • Hermitage
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshalls
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Marshalls is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls
  • Unionville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Unionville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

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

  • Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mitchellsville to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,759 miles [9,268.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mitchellsville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Mitchellsville 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 Mitchellsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4093, Longitude: -77.2922       In this case, the coordinates for Mitchellsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.773 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.856 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.407 degrees.