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 Watervale:
42.949956, -75.982249
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 Watervale
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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Watervale.
Within New York, the name Watervale is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arizona
Cochise County
This community is historic<1> and although located in Cochise County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Watervale.
Georgia
Columbia County
This Watervale is located in Columbia County and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Watervale that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Watervale.
Maryland
Harford County
This Watervale is located in Harford County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<2> to the south of the Watervale that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Watervale.
Michigan
Benzie County
This Watervale is located in Benzie County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Watervale that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benzie County community of Watervale.
Nova Scotia
This Watervale lies 669 miles [1,076.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Watervale that is located in Onondaga County.
Prince Edward Island
This Watervale lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Watervale that is located in Onondaga County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watervale ...
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.
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 Watervale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Watervale and extending to:
Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Watervale to Syracuse, with an average speed<4> 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 114 miles [183.5 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 285 miles [458.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,403 miles [10,304.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,279 miles [6,886.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 Watervale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watervale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Watervale 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 Watervale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9500, Longitude: -75.9822
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.904 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.964 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.555 degrees.