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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 Titusville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Titusville 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 Titusville:
- 41.667594, -73.874024
- 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 Titusville
- 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 Dutchess County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dutchess County
- Since Titusville is near Ulster County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Titusville
Communities Also Named Titusville ...
We found five communities that are also named Titusville.
Within New York, the name Titusville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This Titusville is located in Brevard County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Titusville that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of Titusville.
- Indiana
- Ripley 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 Indiana community of Titusville [Ripley County].
- New Brunswick
- This Titusville lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Titusville that is located in Dutchess County.
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- This Titusville is located in Mercer County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Titusville that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Titusville.
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- This Titusville is located in Crawford County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the west of the Titusville that is located in Dutchess County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Titusville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Titusville ...
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.
- Baileys Gap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Baileys Gap is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileys Gap
- Diddell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Diddell is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diddell
- Fishkill Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fishkill Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishkill Plains
- Freedom Plains
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Freedom Plains is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Plains
- Hickory Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hills is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hills
- Highland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Highland Landing is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Landing
- Hillside Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Lake is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside Lake
- Hopewell Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Howland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Howland is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Knapps Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Knapps Corner is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapps Corner
- Red Oaks Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Red Oaks Mill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Oaks Mill
- Shady Brook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Shady Brook is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
- Spackenkill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Spackenkill is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spackenkill
- Timothy Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Timothy Heights is located in Dutchess County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timothy Heights
How Far From Titusville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Titusville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Titusville and extending to:
- Poughkeepsie, which is the Seat of Dutchess County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could walk a straight line from Titusville to Albany, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 253 miles [407.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,649 miles [9,091.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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- Titusville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Titusville 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Titusville 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 Titusville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6676, Longitude: -73.8740 In this case, the coordinates for Titusville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.463 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.171 degrees. |
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