Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Texas Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Texas Valley and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Texas Valley

• 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 Texas Valley:
  • 42.486183, -75.972979
  • 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 Texas Valley

• 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
  • Since Texas Valley is near Chenango County and also Broome 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 Broome 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 Texas Valley

Curious and Interesting Names Near Texas Valley ...

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
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
• Georgetown
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Georgetown is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
• German Four Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • German Four Corners is located in Chenango County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Four Corners
• Lakeview
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeview is located in Chenango County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Lakeville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakeville is located in Chenango County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
• Lower Cincinnatus
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lower Cincinnatus is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cincinnatus
• Marathon
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Marathon is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <1>
• Messengerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Messengerville is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messengerville
• Penelope
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Penelope is located in Broome County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Texas Valley and extending to:

• Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Texas Valley to Cortland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 112 miles [180.2 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 253 miles [407.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,295 miles [6,912.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'