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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 North Almond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Almond 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 North Almond:
- 42.390624, -77.769718
- 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 North Almond
- 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Since North Almond is near Steuben County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 North Almond
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Almond ...
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.
- Almond
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Big Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Creek is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
- Bishopville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bishopville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
- Burns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burns is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
- Butcher Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Butcher Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Corner
- Gas Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Gas Spring is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Spring
- Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Grove is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
- Hartsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Jobs Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
- Rogersville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rogersville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Tinkertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Tinkertown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
- Tip Top
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From North Almond to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as North Almond to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Almond and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from North Almond to Belmont, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 244 miles [392.7 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 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,376 miles [7,042.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- North Almond) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 North Almond 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 North Almond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3906, Longitude: -77.7697 In this case, the coordinates for North Almond have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.072 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.191 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.638 degrees. |
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