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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 Taylor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylor 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 Taylor:
    • 42.567014, -75.893253
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Taylor
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Taylor ...

We found 55 communities that share the name Taylor.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Taylor.

Beyond New York, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 53 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Livingston County
      • This Taylor is located in Livingston County and lies 103 miles [165.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Taylor.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Geneva County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Taylor [Geneva County].
      • Houston County
      • This Taylor is located in Houston County and lies 947 miles [1,524 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Taylor.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Taylor is located in Montgomery County and lies 924 miles [1,487 km] to the southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Taylor.
    • Alaska
      • This Taylor lies 3,557 miles [5,724.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
    • Arizona
      • Apache County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Taylor [Apache County].
      • Navajo County
      • This Taylor is located in Navajo County and lies 1,915 miles [3,081.9 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Navajo County community of Taylor.
    • Arkansas
      • Columbia County
      • This Taylor is located in Columbia County and lies 1,156 miles [1,860.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Taylor.
      • Lawrence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Taylor [Lawrence County].
    • British Columbia
      • This Taylor lies 2,172 miles [3,495.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
    • California
      • Riverside County
      • This Taylor is located in Riverside County and lies 2,264 miles [3,643.6 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Taylor.
      • Shasta County
      • Although located in Shasta County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Taylor.
    • Colorado
      • Pueblo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Taylor [Pueblo County].
    • Florida
      • Baker County
      • This Taylor is located in Baker County and lies 908 miles [1,461.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baker County community of Taylor.
    • Georgia
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Taylor [Crawford County].
    • Idaho
      • Bingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Taylor [Bingham County].
      • Bonneville County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Taylor [Bonneville County].
      • Idaho County
      • This Taylor is located in Idaho County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Taylor.
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Taylor [Ogle County].
      • Pike County
      • This Taylor is located in Pike County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Taylor.
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • This Taylor is located in Tippecanoe County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tippecanoe County community of Taylor.
    • Iowa
      • Pottawattamie County
      • This Taylor is located in Pottawattamie County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pottawattamie County community of Taylor.
    • Kansas
      • Nemaha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Taylor [Nemaha County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Taylor [Greenup County].
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • This Taylor is located in Bienville Parish and lies 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Taylor.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Taylor is located in Harford County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the south of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Taylor.
    • Michigan
      • Baraga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Taylor [Baraga County].
      • Isabella County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Taylor [Isabella County].
      • Wayne County
      • This Taylor is located in Wayne County and lies 376 miles [605.1 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Taylor.
    • Mississippi
      • Lafayette County
      • This Taylor is located in Lafayette County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lafayette County community of Taylor.
    • Missouri
      • Marion County
      • This Taylor is located in Marion County and lies 830 miles [1,335.8 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Taylor.
      • Ralls County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Taylor [Ralls County].
    • Nebraska
      • Loup County
      • This Taylor is located in Loup County and lies 1,199 miles [1,929.6 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Loup County community of Taylor.
    • Nevada
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Taylor [White Pine County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Taylor [Burlington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wilson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Taylor [Wilson County].
    • North Dakota
      • Stark County
      • This Taylor is located in Stark County and lies 1,328 miles [2,137.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Taylor.
    • Ohio
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Taylor [Franklin County].
      • Geauga County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Taylor [Geauga County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Beckham County
      • This Taylor is located in Beckham County and lies 1,353 miles [2,177.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beckham County community of Taylor.
      • Cotton County
      • This Taylor is located in Cotton County and lies 1,340 miles [2,156.5 km] to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cotton County community of Taylor.
    • Ontario
      • This Taylor lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the north of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Taylor [Multnomah County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Taylor is located in Allegheny County and lies 251 miles [403.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Taylor.
      • Lackawanna County
      • This Taylor is located in Lackawanna County and lies 81 miles [130.4 km] to the south of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lackawanna County community of Taylor.
    • South Carolina
      • Sumter County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Taylor [Sumter County].
    • Tennessee
      • Bradley County
      • This Taylor is located in Bradley County and lies 700 miles [1,126.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradley County community of Taylor.
    • Texas
      • Williamson County
      • This Taylor is located in Williamson County and lies 1,446 miles [2,327.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Taylor.
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • This Taylor is located in Weber County and lies 1,848 miles [2,974.1 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Taylor.
    • Virginia
      • Franklin County
      • This Taylor is located in Franklin County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Taylor.
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • This Taylor is located in Hardy County and lies 291 miles [468.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardy County community of Taylor.
      • Logan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Taylor [Logan County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson County
      • This Taylor is located in Jackson County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Taylor.
    • Wyoming
      • Campbell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Taylor [Campbell County].
      • Lincoln County
      • This Taylor is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,779 miles [2,863 km]<1> to the west of the Taylor that is located in Cortland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Taylor.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylor ...

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.

  • Freetown Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freetown Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
    • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Georgetown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Cortland County
  • German Four Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for German Four Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Four Corners
    • German Four Corners is located in Chenango County
  • Lakeview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Chenango County
  • Lakeville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Lakeville is located in Chenango County
  • Lower Cincinnatus
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Cincinnatus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cincinnatus
    • Lower Cincinnatus is located in Cortland County
  • Maybury Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybury Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
    • Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
  • Messengerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Messengerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
    • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
  • Penelope
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penelope have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
    • Penelope is located in Broome County
  • Pitcher
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pitcher have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher
    • Pitcher is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitcher <5>
  • Pitcher Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pitcher Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
    • Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
  • Seventh Day Hollow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seventh Day Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventh Day Hollow
    • Seventh Day Hollow is located in Chenango County
  • Texas Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Valley
    • Texas Valley is located in Cortland County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Taylor and extending to:

  • Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Taylor to Cortland, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east (E). 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 260 miles [418.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Taylor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Cortland County: www.cortland-co.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Taylor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5670, Longitude: -75.8933       In this case, the coordinates for Taylor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Taylor could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Taylor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 Taylor to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.89 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.886 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.685 degrees.









 

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