Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Vandalia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vandalia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Vandalia
- 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 Vandalia:
- 42.096175, -78.579748
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Vandalia
- 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 Cattaraugus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Since Vandalia is near McKean County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for McKean County
- eBird sighting report for Allegany 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Vandalia ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Vandalia.
Within New York, the name Vandalia is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Clay 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 Vandalia [Clay County].
- Owen County
- This Vandalia is located in Owen County and lies 474 miles [762.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Vandalia that is located in Cattaraugus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Vandalia.
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- This Vandalia is located in Kanawha County and lies 305 miles [490.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Vandalia that is located in Cattaraugus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Vandalia.
- Lewis County
- This Vandalia is located in Lewis County and lies 238 miles [383 km] to the south southwest of the Vandalia that is located in Cattaraugus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Vandalia.
- Roane County
- This Vandalia is located in Roane County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km] to the southwest of the Vandalia that is located in Cattaraugus County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roane County community of Vandalia.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vandalia ...
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.
- Boardmanville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boardmanville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardmanville
- Boardmanville is located in Cattaraugus County
- Chipmunk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Four Mile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Gardens of Brother Leo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gardens of Brother Leo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardens of Brother Leo
- Gardens of Brother Leo is located in Cattaraugus County
- Harrisburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harrisburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Harrisburg is located in Cattaraugus County
- Homer Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homer Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer Hill
- Homer Hill is located in Cattaraugus County
- Kill Buck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kill Buck
- Kill Buck is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kill Buck <4>
- Knapp Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knapp Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knapp Creek
- Knapp Creek is located in Cattaraugus County
- Limestone
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Limestone is located in Cattaraugus County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 389 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limestone <4>
- New Ireland ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Ireland. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Ireland
- New Ireland is located in Cattaraugus County
- New Ireland has also been known as:
- Irish Town
- Little Ireland
- Riverside Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Junction
- Riverside Junction is located in Cattaraugus County
- Rock City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Tuna
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
How Far From Vandalia 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 Vandalia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Vandalia and extending to:
- Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Vandalia to Little Valley, with an average speed<6> 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 248 miles [399.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 235 miles [378.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,824 miles [9,372.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,546 miles [10,534.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,421 miles [7,114.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vandalia. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Cattaraugus County: www.co.cattaraugus.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vandalia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vandalia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0962, Longitude: -78.5797 In this case, the coordinates for Vandalia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 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 Vandalia 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Vandalia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.602 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.743 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.138 degrees. |