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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 South Cuba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Cuba 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 South Cuba:
- 42.199789, -78.273348
- 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 South Cuba
- 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 South Cuba is near Cattaraugus County and also McKean County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean 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 South Cuba
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Cuba ...
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.
- Boardmanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Boardmanville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardmanville
- Cuba
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Friendship
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hardy Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hardy Corners is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy Corners
- Hillcrest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Homer Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Homer Hill is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Hill
- Little Genesee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lyons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons Corners is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Corners
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Marshall is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Richburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rockville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Toll Gate Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Toll Gate Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corner
How Far From South Cuba 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 South Cuba to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Cuba and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from South Cuba to Belmont, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 231 miles [371.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,404 miles [7,087.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- South Cuba) 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 South Cuba 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 South Cuba. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1998, Longitude: -78.2733 In this case, the coordinates for South Cuba have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.534 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.953 degrees. |
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