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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 Slaterville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Slaterville 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 Slaterville:
- 42.393962, -76.362991
- 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 Slaterville
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since West Slaterville is near Cortland County and also Tioga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga 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 Slaterville
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Slaterville ...
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.
- Forest Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Freeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Head Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
- Ithaca
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jenksville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jenksville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenksville
- Lacy Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
- Peruville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Red Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Slaterville Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Speedsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Speedsville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedsville
- Willow Glen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From West Slaterville 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 Slaterville 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 Slaterville and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 133 miles [214 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from West Slaterville 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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 243 miles [391.1 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 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,440 miles [10,364.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,316 miles [6,945.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Slaterville) 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 Slaterville 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 Slaterville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3940, Longitude: -76.3630 In this case, the coordinates for West Slaterville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.198 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.205 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.98 degrees. |
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