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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 Reading Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Reading Center 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 Reading Center:
- 42.430207, -76.932922
- 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 Reading Center
- 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 Schuyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
- Since Reading Center is near Yates County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 Reading Center
Communities Also Named Reading Center ...
We found one communities that are also named Reading Center.
Within New York, the name Reading Center is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Reading Center in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Vermont
- Windsor 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 Vermont community of Reading Center [Windsor County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Reading Center ...
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.
- Beaver Dams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Butternut Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Butternut Park is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butternut Park
- Cat Elbow Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cat Elbow Corner is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cat Elbow Corner
- Cherry Lane
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cherry Lane is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Crystal Spring
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal Spring is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Spring
- Deckertown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Deckertown is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hector
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Irelandville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Irelandville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irelandville
- Pine Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Porter Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Porter Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Corner
- Rock Stream
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Reading Center 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 Reading Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Reading Center and extending to:
- Watkins Glen, which is the Seat of Schuyler County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Reading Center to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,744 miles [9,244.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,339 miles [6,982.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Reading Center 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Reading Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Reading Center 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 Reading Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4302, Longitude: -76.9329 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.548 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.605 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.23 degrees. |
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