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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 Sperryville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sperryville 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 Sperryville:
- 43.773125, -75.306570
- 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 Sperryville
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Sperryville is near Herkimer County and also Oneida County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Sperryville
Communities Also Named Sperryville ...
We found one communities that are also named Sperryville.
Within New York, the name Sperryville is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Sperryville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Rappahannock County
- This Sperryville is located in Rappahannock County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Sperryville that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rappahannock County community of Sperryville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sperryville ...
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.
- Bushes Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
- Crystal Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Crystal Dale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Dale
- Dadville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dadville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dadville
- Fowlersville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fowlersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- High Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- High Falls is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Falls
- Hoseville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hoseville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoseville
- Lowville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lyons Falls
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lyonsdale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Martinsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Otter Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Otter Creek is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Soft Maple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Soft Maple is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soft Maple
How Far From Sperryville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sperryville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sperryville and extending to:
- Lowville, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Sperryville to Lowville, 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 109 miles [175.4 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 348 miles [560.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,623 miles [9,049.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,220 miles [6,791.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sperryville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Sperryville 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 Sperryville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.7731, Longitude: -75.3066 In this case, the coordinates for Sperryville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.517 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.856 degrees. |
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