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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 Tripoli, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tripoli 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 Tripoli:
- 42.738956, -75.962421
- 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 Tripoli
- 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 Tripoli is near Madison County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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 Tripoli
Communities Also Named Tripoli ...
We found seven communities that are also named Tripoli.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Tripoli.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Washington County
- This Tripoli is located in Washington County and lies 128 miles [206 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Tripoli that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Tripoli.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Bremer County
- This Tripoli is located in Bremer County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the west of the Tripoli that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bremer County community of Tripoli.
- Missouri
- Newton County
- Although located in Newton County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Tripoli.
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Tripoli.
- Pennsylvania
- Cambria County
- This Tripoli is located in Cambria County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Tripoli that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cambria County community of Tripoli.
- Lehigh 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 Pennsylvania community of Tripoli [Lehigh County].
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- This Tripoli is located in Lincoln County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Tripoli that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Tripoli.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tripoli ...
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.
- Delphi Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Juddville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Juddville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juddville
- Little York
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Maybury Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
- Pitcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pompey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Puckerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Quaker Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Quaker Settlement is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Settlement
- Seventh Day Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seventh Day Hollow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventh Day Hollow
- Sheds
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sheds is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheds
- Slab City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Swift Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Swift Corner is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Corner
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Tripoli 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 Tripoli to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Tripoli and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Tripoli to Cortland, with an average speed<4> 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 111 miles [178.6 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 271 miles [436.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,692 miles [9,160.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,286 miles [6,897.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tripoli) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tripoli 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 Tripoli 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 Tripoli. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7390, Longitude: -75.9624 In this case, the coordinates for Tripoli have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.914 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.941 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.64 degrees. |
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