Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Rheims, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rheims and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rheims

• 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 Rheims:
  • 42.400905, -77.253867
  • 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 Rheims

• 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
  • Since Rheims is near Schuyler County and also Yates 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 Yates 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 Rheims

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rheims ...

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.

• Bath
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Bath is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,407 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bath <1>
• Bloomerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Bloomerville is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomerville
• Bonny Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonny Hill is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonny Hill
• Buck Settlement
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Buck Settlement is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Settlement
• Cold Springs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
• Glen Grove
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glen Grove is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Grove
• Grove Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Grove Springs is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Springs
• Hermitage
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Hermitage is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
• Marshalls
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Marshalls is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshalls
• Unionville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville is located in Steuben County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rheims and extending to:

• Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies just to the Southwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Rheims to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 242 miles [389.5 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 5,758 miles [9,266.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,478 miles [10,425.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,353 miles [7,005.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'