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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 Edmeston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Edmeston 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 Edmeston:
- 42.684389, -75.317562
- 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 Edmeston
- 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Since South Edmeston is near Chenango County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Edmeston
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Edmeston ...
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.
- Button City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Button City is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Button City
- Cardtown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cardtown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardtown
- Columbus
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Five Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Five Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Robinson Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Robinson Corners is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Corners
- Sages Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sages Crossing is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sages Crossing
- Silver Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweets
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sweets is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets
How Far From South Edmeston 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 Edmeston 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 Edmeston and extending to:
- Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from South Edmeston to Cooperstown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 78 miles [125.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,668 miles [9,121.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 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 from Point A (ie- South Edmeston) 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 Edmeston 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 Edmeston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6844, Longitude: -75.3176 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.521 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.49 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.364 degrees. |
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