Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Wileytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wileytown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Wileytown

• 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 Wileytown:
  • 42.713407, -75.036825
  • 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 Wileytown

• 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 Otsego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
  • Since Wileytown is near Herkimer County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Wileytown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wileytown ...

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.

• Cattown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cattown is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattown
  • Cattown has also been known as:
  • Cat Town
• Chase
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chase is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
• Field Crossing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Field Crossing is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Crossing
• Fly Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Fly Creek is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fly Creek
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fly Creek <1>
• Index
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Index is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Index
• Jones Crossing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jones Crossing is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Crossing
• Oaksville
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Oaksville is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaksville
• Patent
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Patent is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patent
• Scotch Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotch Hill is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Hill
• Summit Crossing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Summit Crossing is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Crossing
• Toddsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Toddsville is located in Otsego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toddsville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wileytown and extending to:

• Cooperstown, which is the Seat of Otsego County, lies just to the East.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 64 miles [103 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Wileytown to Albany, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three 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 283 miles [455.4 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,372 miles [10,254.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'