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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 Withey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Withey 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 Withey:
- 42.245514, -77.988042
- 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 Withey
- 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Since Withey is near Steuben County and also Cattaraugus County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus 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 Withey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Withey ...
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.
- Aristotle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Elm Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Irish Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Irish Settlement is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
- Knight Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Knight Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Creek
- Marshall
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Rockville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Rockville is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Tinkertown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Tinkertown is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinkertown
- Tip Top
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Tip Top is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tip Top
How Far From Withey 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 Withey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Withey and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Withey to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 236 miles [379.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 5,794 miles [9,324.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,515 miles [10,484.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,391 miles [7,066.6 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- Withey) 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 Withey 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 Withey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2455, Longitude: -77.9880 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.221 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.336 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.801 degrees. |
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