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

When in Wyoming, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wyoming 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 Wyoming:
    • 42.828072, -78.088137
    • 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 Wyoming
  • 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 Wyoming ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Wyoming.

Within New York, the name Wyoming is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • Kent County
      • This Wyoming is located in Kent County and lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wyoming.
    • Illinois
      • Stark County
      • This Wyoming is located in Stark County and lies 611 miles [983.3 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Wyoming.
    • Iowa
      • Jones County
      • This Wyoming is located in Jones County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Wyoming.
    • Kansas
      • Marshall 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 Kansas community of Wyoming [Marshall County].
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wyoming [Shawnee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bath County
      • This Wyoming is located in Bath County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bath County community of Wyoming.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • This Wyoming is located in Middlesex County and lies 357 miles [574.5 km]<1> to the east of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Wyoming.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • This Wyoming is located in Kent County and lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Wyoming.
      • Keweenaw County
      • This Wyoming is located in Keweenaw County and lies 580 miles [933.4 km] to the northwest of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Keweenaw County community of Wyoming.
    • Minnesota
      • Chisago County
      • This Wyoming is located in Chisago County and lies 757 miles [1,218.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chisago County community of Wyoming.
    • Missouri
      • Cass 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 Missouri community of Wyoming [Cass County].
    • Nebraska
      • Otoe County
      • This Wyoming is located in Otoe County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otoe County community of Wyoming.
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • This Wyoming is located in Essex County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Essex County community of Wyoming.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • This Wyoming is located in Hamilton County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Wyoming.
    • Ontario
      • This Wyoming lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Wyoming is located in Luzerne County and lies 155 miles [249.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Wyoming.
      • Philadelphia County
      • This Wyoming is located in Philadelphia County and lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the southeast of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Philadelphia County community of Wyoming.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • This Wyoming is located in Washington County and lies 339 miles [545.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Wyoming.
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Wyoming [Tucker County].
      • Wyoming County
      • This Wyoming is located in Wyoming County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Wyoming.
    • Wisconsin
      • Iowa County
      • This Wyoming is located in Iowa County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<1> to the west of the Wyoming that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iowa County community of Wyoming.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Wyoming ...

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.

  • Beehive Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beehive Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
    • Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
  • Buffalo Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
    • Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
  • Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Lambs Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lambs Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
    • Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Millers Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millers Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossing
    • Millers Crossing is located in Wyoming County
  • Paines Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paines Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
    • Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Pavilion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
    • Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
  • Saltvale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
    • Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
  • Suicide Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suicide Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
    • Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
  • Texaco Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texaco Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
    • Texaco Town is located in Genesee County

How Far From Wyoming to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Wyoming to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Wyoming to Albany, with an average speed<6>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 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,773 miles [9,290.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

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

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wyoming) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wyoming. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8281, Longitude: -78.0881    
<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 Wyoming 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 Wyoming, 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 Wyoming 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 308.233 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.442 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.606 degrees.









 

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