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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 West Chazy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Chazy 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 West Chazy:
- 44.820621, -73.508592
- 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 West Chazy
- 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 Clinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clinton County
- Since West Chazy is near Grand Isle County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Isle County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 West Chazy
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Chazy ...
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.
- Beartown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Beartown is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
- Chazy
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Chazy Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chazy Landing is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chazy Landing
- Forest
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Forest is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Gordon Landing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Landing is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Landing
- Grand Isle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Isle Station
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Isle Station is located in Grand Isle County (VT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Isle Station
- Pearl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Purdys Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Purdys Mill is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdys Mill
- Rocky Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Point is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Salmon River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Salmon River is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon River
- Woods Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
How Far From West Chazy 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 West Chazy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Chazy and extending to:
- Plattsburgh, which is the Seat of Clinton County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 149 miles [239.8 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from West Chazy 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 447 miles [719.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,508 miles [8,864.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,230 miles [10,026.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,106 miles [6,608 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- West Chazy) 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 West Chazy 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 West Chazy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8206, Longitude: -73.5086 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.116 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.265 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 300.469 degrees. |
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