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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 Greenwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Greenwood 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 Greenwood:
- 42.153681, -77.713603
- 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 Greenwood
- 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Since West Greenwood is near Allegany County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Greenwood
Communities Also Named West Greenwood ...
We found two communities that are also named West Greenwood.
Within New York, the name West Greenwood is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West Greenwood [Crawford County].
- South Carolina
- Greenwood County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of West Greenwood [Greenwood County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Greenwood ...
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.
- Elm Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Elm Valley is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm Valley
- Greenwood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hallsport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsport is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsport
- Hartsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hartsville is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
- Independence
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Independence is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Rough and Ready
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rough and Ready is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rough and Ready
- Tinkertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Tinkertown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
- Tip Top
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
- Young Hickory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Young Hickory is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Hickory
How Far From West Greenwood 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 Greenwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in West Greenwood and extending to:
- Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Greenwood to Bath, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 204 miles [328.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 227 miles [365.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,787 miles [9,313.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,507 miles [10,472 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West Greenwood 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Greenwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 West Greenwood 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 Greenwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.1537, Longitude: -77.7136 In this case, the coordinates for West Greenwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.058 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.137 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.711 degrees. |
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