Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in North Gainesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Gainesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for North Gainesville
- 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 Gainesville:
- 42.684506, -78.133343
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on North Gainesville
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since North Gainesville is near Livingston County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- eBird sighting report for Allegany 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named North Gainesville ...
We found one communities that share the name North Gainesville.
Within New York, the name North Gainesville is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named North Gainesville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Alachua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of North Gainesville [Alachua County].
- Florida
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Gainesville ...
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.
- Beehive Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beehive Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
- Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Halls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halls Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Hardys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hermitage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Martinsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Martinsville is located in Wyoming County
- Rock Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the east) - Saltvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Wyoming County
- Silver Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Wyoming County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 723 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Springs <3>
- Sucker Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sucker Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
- Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
How Far From North Gainesville 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 North Gainesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in North Gainesville and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the North.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<4> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from North Gainesville to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 267 miles [429.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,781 miles [9,303.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Gainesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 North Gainesville 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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- North Gainesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Gainesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6845, Longitude: -78.1333 In this case, the coordinates for North Gainesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 North Gainesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.274 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.465 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.687 degrees. |