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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 White Sulphur Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to White Sulphur Springs and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for White Sulphur Springs
  • 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 White Sulphur Springs:
    • 41.798277, -74.828352
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on White Sulphur Springs
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named White Sulphur Springs ...

We found nine communities that share the name White Sulphur Springs.

Within New York, the name White Sulphur Springs is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Hall County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Hall County and lies 706 miles [1,136.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of White Sulphur Springs.
      • Meriwether County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meriwether County and lies 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meriwether County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Indiana
      • Pike County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Pike County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Louisiana
      • Catahoula Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of White Sulphur Springs [Catahoula Parish].
      • La Salle Parish
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in La Salle Parish and lies 1,191 miles [1,916.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the La Salle Parish community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Meagher County and lies 1,800 miles [2,896.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meagher County community of White Sulphur Springs.
    • North Carolina
      • Surry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of White Sulphur Springs [Surry County].
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of White Sulphur Springs [Delaware County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • This White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the White Sulphur Springs that is located in Sullivan County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenbrier County community of White Sulphur Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near White Sulphur Springs ...

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.

  • Bushville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bushville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
    • Bushville is located in Sullivan County
  • Deckertown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckertown
    • Deckertown is located in Sullivan County
  • Divine Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divine Corners
    • Divine Corners is located in Sullivan County
  • Falls Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mills
    • Falls Mills is located in Sullivan County
  • Ferndale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferndale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferndale
    • Ferndale is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferndale <5>
  • Harris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Hazel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel
    • Hazel is located in Sullivan County
  • Liberty
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <5>
  • Maplewood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maplewood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Maplewood is located in Sullivan County
  • Parksville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smallwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Swan Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Lake
    • Swan Lake is located in Sullivan County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swan Lake <5>

How Far From White Sulphur Springs 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 White Sulphur Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in White Sulphur Springs and extending to:

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Sullivan County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from White Sulphur Springs to Monticello, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 80 miles [128.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 231 miles [371.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,396 miles [10,293.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,272 miles [6,875.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for White Sulphur Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.co.sullivan.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- White Sulphur Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Sulphur Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7983, Longitude: -74.8284    
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 White Sulphur Springs 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about White Sulphur Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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 White Sulphur Springs to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.32 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.119 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.54 degrees.




 

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