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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 Newfield, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Newfield 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 Newfield:
    • 42.362173, -76.590456
    • 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 Newfield
  • 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
    • Since Newfield is near Schuyler County and also Tioga 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 Tioga 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 Newfield

Communities Also Named Newfield ...

We found eight communities that are also named Newfield.

Within New York, the name Newfield is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Pima County
      • This Newfield is located in Pima County and lies 2,060 miles [3,315.2 km]<1> to the west of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pima County community of Newfield.
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Newfield is located in Fairfield County and lies 194 miles [312.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Newfield.
      • Litchfield County
      • This Newfield is located in Litchfield County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the east of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Litchfield County community of Newfield.
      • Middlesex County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Middlesex County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Newfield.
    • Maine
      • York County
      • This Newfield is located in York County and lies 303 miles [487.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Newfield.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Newfield.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Newfield is located in Allegheny County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Newfield.
      • Potter County
      • This Newfield is located in Potter County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km] to the west southwest of the Newfield that is located in Tompkins County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Potter County community of Newfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Newfield ...

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.

How Far From Newfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Newfield to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 145 miles [233.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Newfield to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,733 miles [9,226.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,451 miles [10,381.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Newfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Newfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Newfield 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Newfield 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 Newfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3622, Longitude: -76.5905    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.342 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.362 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.099 degrees.