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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 Natural Bridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Natural Bridge 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 Natural Bridge:
- 44.069095, -75.493893
- 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 Natural Bridge
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Natural Bridge is near Lewis County and also Saint Lawrence County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence 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 Natural Bridge
Communities Also Named Natural Bridge ...
We found seven communities that are also named Natural Bridge.
Within New York, the name Natural Bridge is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Winston County
- This Natural Bridge is located in Winston County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Natural Bridge that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winston County community of Natural Bridge.
- Florida
- Walton 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 Florida community of Natural Bridge [Walton County].
- Kentucky
- Lee 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 Kentucky community of Natural Bridge [Lee County].
- Powell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Natural Bridge [Powell County].
- Tennessee
- Cocke 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 Tennessee community of Natural Bridge [Cocke County].
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Natural Bridge [Hamilton County].
- Virginia
- Rockbridge County
- This Natural Bridge is located in Rockbridge County and lies 492 miles [791.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Natural Bridge that is located in Jefferson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockbridge County community of Natural Bridge.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Natural Bridge ...
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.
- Carthage
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Deer River
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fargo is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Great Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Herrings
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Herrings is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herrings
- Estimated population in 2017: 90 people
- High Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Falls is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Indian River
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reedville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Reedville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedville
- Texas
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Texas is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
How Far From Natural Bridge 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 Natural Bridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Natural Bridge and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Natural Bridge to Watertown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 365 miles [587.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,341 miles [10,204.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,217 miles [6,786.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Natural Bridge) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Natural Bridge 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 Natural Bridge 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 Natural Bridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0691, Longitude: -75.4939 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.657 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.808 degrees. |
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