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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 Delhi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Delhi 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 Delhi:
- 42.299528, -75.008219
- 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 Delhi
- 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 Delaware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware County
- Since West Delhi is near Otsego County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 Delhi
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Delhi ...
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.
- Arabia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Arabia is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabia
- Bloomville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Butts Corner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Butts Corner is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butts Corner
- Downsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Franklin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Ivanhoe is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
- Lake Delaware
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lake Delaware is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Delaware
- Mallory Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mallory Corner is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Corner
- Pinesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pinesville is located in Delaware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinesville
- Sand Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill is located in Otsego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Treadwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trout Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
How Far From West Delhi 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 West Delhi 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 Delhi and extending to:
- Delhi, which is the Seat of Delaware County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could walk a straight line from West Delhi to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 257 miles [413.6 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,386 miles [10,277.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,261 miles [6,857.4 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Delhi) 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 Delhi 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 Delhi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2995, Longitude: -75.0082 In this case, the coordinates for West Delhi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.395 degrees. |
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