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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 Toddsville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toddsville 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 Toddsville:
- 42.687853, -74.958212
- 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 Toddsville
- 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 Toddsville is near Herkimer County and also Delaware 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 Delaware 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 Toddsville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Toddsville ...
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.
- Cattown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cattown is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
- Cattown has also been known as:
- Cat Town
- Chase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Chase is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
- Field Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Field Crossing is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
- Fly Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Index
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Index is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
- Oaksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oaksville is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
- Summit Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Summit Crossing is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Crossing
- Whig Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Whig Corners is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Corners
How Far From Toddsville 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 Toddsville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toddsville and extending to:
- Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Toddsville to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 283 miles [455.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, 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 5,653 miles [9,097.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,244 miles [6,830.1 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' (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- Toddsville) 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 Toddsville 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 Toddsville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6879, Longitude: -74.9582 In this case, the coordinates for Toddsville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.30 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.24 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.195 degrees. |
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