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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 Watkins Glen Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watkins Glen Station 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 Watkins Glen Station:
- 42.373962, -76.893293
- 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 Watkins Glen Station
- 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 Schuyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
- Since Watkins Glen Station is near Yates County and also Chemung County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chemung 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 Watkins Glen Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Watkins Glen Station ...
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.
- Beaver Dams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Catharine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Catharine is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
- Chambers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Chambers is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
- Cherry Lane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Lane is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lane
- Deckertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Deckertown is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
- Hector
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Irelandville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Irelandville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irelandville
- Pine Creek
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pine Creek is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
- Reading Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Stream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
How Far From Watkins Glen Station to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Watkins Glen Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Watkins Glen Station and extending to:
- Watkins Glen, which is the Seat of Schuyler County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 160 miles [257.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Watkins Glen Station to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 240 miles [386.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,464 miles [10,402.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,339 miles [6,982.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Watkins Glen Station) 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 Watkins Glen Station 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 Watkins Glen Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3740, Longitude: -76.8933 In this case, the coordinates for Watkins Glen Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.528 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.575 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.235 degrees. |
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