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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 New Lisbon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to New Lisbon 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 New Lisbon:
    • 42.587854, -75.184054
    • 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 New Lisbon
  • 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
    • Since New Lisbon is near Chenango County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 New Lisbon

Communities Also Named New Lisbon ...

We found six communities that are also named New Lisbon.

Within New York, the name New Lisbon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Henry County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the New Lisbon that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of New Lisbon.
      • Randolph County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Randolph County and lies 524 miles [843.3 km] to the west southwest of the New Lisbon that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Randolph County community of New Lisbon.
    • Minnesota
      • Renville 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 Minnesota community of New Lisbon [Renville County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Burlington County and lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the south of the New Lisbon that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of New Lisbon.
    • Ohio
      • Columbiana 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 Ohio community of New Lisbon [Columbiana County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Juneau County
      • This New Lisbon is located in Juneau County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the New Lisbon that is located in Otsego County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Juneau County community of New Lisbon.

Curious and Interesting Names Near New Lisbon ...

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.

  • Cardtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cardtown is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardtown
  • Elm Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Elm Grove is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Grove
  • Fall Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fall Bridge is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall Bridge
  • Five Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Corners is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Jones Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jones Crossing is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
  • Lena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lena is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Maple Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Maple Grove is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mount Vision
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Patent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Patent is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
  • Robinson Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Robinson Corners is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corners
  • Sages Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sages Crossing is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sages Crossing
  • Scotch Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Scotch Hill is located in Otsego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Silver Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Stetsonville
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Stetsonville is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stetsonville
    • Toll Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Toll Corner is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Corner
    • Welcome
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Welcome is located in Otsego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome

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

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

  • Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from New Lisbon to Cooperstown, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 72 miles [115.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 4 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 272 miles [437.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,258 miles [6,852.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- New Lisbon) 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 New Lisbon 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 New Lisbon 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 New Lisbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5879, Longitude: -75.1841       In this case, the coordinates for New Lisbon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.45 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.393 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.345 degrees.