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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 Tyner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tyner 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 Tyner:
    • 42.430351, -75.665466
    • 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 Tyner
  • 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 Chenango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
    • Since Tyner is near Cortland County and also Broome County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Tyner

Communities Also Named Tyner ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Tyner.

Within New York, the name Tyner is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Tyner [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Tyner [Phillips County].
    • Florida
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Tyner [Hamilton County].
      • Hillsborough County
      • This Tyner is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<3> to the south southwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Tyner.
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This Tyner is located in Hall County and lies 714 miles [1,149.1 km]<3> to the southwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Tyner.
    • Indiana
      • Marshall County
      • This Tyner is located in Marshall County and lies 555 miles [893.2 km]<3> to the west of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marshall County community of Tyner.
    • Iowa
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Tyner [Polk County].
    • Kansas
      • Ellis County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Ellis County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ellis County community of Tyner.
      • Smith County
      • This community is historic and although located in Smith County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Tyner.
    • Kentucky
      • Jackson County
      • This Tyner is located in Jackson County and lies 559 miles [899.6 km]<3> to the southwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Tyner.
    • North Carolina
      • Chowan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Tyner [Chowan County].
    • North Dakota
      • Pembina County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Tyner [Pembina County].
    • Ohio
      • Guernsey County
      • This Tyner is located in Guernsey County and lies 345 miles [555.2 km]<3> to the west southwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guernsey County community of Tyner.
    • Oklahoma
      • Kay County
      • This Tyner is located in Kay County and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<3> to the west of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Tyner.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Tyner lies 1,643 miles [2,644.2 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Tyner is located in Hamilton County and lies 720 miles [1,158.7 km]<3> to the southwest of the Tyner that is located in Chenango County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Tyner.
    • West Virginia
      • Wood County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Tyner [Wood County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tyner ...

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.

  • Coventry
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Coventry is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Coventryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Coventryville is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventryville
  • Dibble Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Dibble Corner is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibble Corner
  • Georgetown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Georgetown is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • German Four Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • German Four Corners is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Four Corners
  • Greene
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Lakeview is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Lakeville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lakeville is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
  • Penelope
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Penelope is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelope
  • Polkville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Polkville is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
  • Springvale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Springvale is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
  • Union Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Valley is located in Chenango County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley

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

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

  • Norwich, which is the Seat of Chenango County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Tyner to Norwich, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 98 miles [157.7 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 254 miles [408.8 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<6> 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).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,409 miles [10,314.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,284 miles [6,894.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Tyner 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.
<2>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 Tyner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tyner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Tyner 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 Tyner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4304, Longitude: -75.6655       In this case, the coordinates for Tyner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.764 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.721 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.64 degrees.