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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 Danby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Danby 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 Danby:
- 42.306463, -76.442995
- 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 Danby
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since South Danby is near Tioga County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung 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 Danby
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Danby ...
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.
- Candor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catatonk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Catatonk is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catatonk
- Forest Home
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Germany Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Germany Hill is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany Hill
- Ithaca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jenksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Kennedy Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Slaterville Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Speedsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Straits Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Straits Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits Corners
How Far From South Danby 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 Danby 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 Danby and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Danby to Ithaca, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 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 5,729 miles [9,219.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,447 miles [10,375.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,322 miles [6,955.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Danby) 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 Danby 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 Danby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3065, Longitude: -76.4430 In this case, the coordinates for South Danby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.256 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.257 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.055 degrees. |
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