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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 Yatesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yatesville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Yatesville:
    • 42.672116, -77.137494
    • 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 Yatesville
  • 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 Yatesville ...

We found nine communities that share the name Yatesville.

Within New York, the name Yatesville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • This Yatesville is located in Talladega County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Yatesville.
    • Georgia
      • Upson County
      • This Yatesville is located in Upson County and lies 774 miles [1,245.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upson County community of Yatesville.
    • Illinois
      • Morgan County
      • This Yatesville is located in Morgan County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<1> to the west of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Yatesville.
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • This Yatesville is located in Lawrence County and lies 427 miles [687.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Yatesville.
    • North Carolina
      • Beaufort 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 Yatesville [Beaufort County].
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • This Yatesville is located in Fayette County and lies 387 miles [622.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Yatesville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Yatesville is located in Luzerne County and lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Yatesville.
      • Schuylkill County
      • This Yatesville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the south southeast of the Yatesville that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Yatesville.
    • Virginia
      • Lunenburg 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 Virginia community of Yatesville [Lunenburg County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yatesville ...

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.

  • Friend
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
    • Friend is located in Yates County
  • Havens Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Havens Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens Corner
    • Havens Corner is located in Yates County
  • Italy Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Italy Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy Hill
    • Italy Hill is located in Yates County
  • Mays Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mays Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
    • Mays Mills is located in Yates County
  • Middlesex
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middlesex have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlesex
    • Middlesex is located in Yates County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middlesex <5>
  • Pine Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Corners
    • Pine Corners is located in Yates County
  • Potter
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rushville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Second Milo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Second Milo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
    • Second Milo is located in Yates County
  • Williams Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williams Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
    • Williams Corner is located in Yates County
  • Willow Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
    • Willow Grove is located in Yates County

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

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

  • Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies just to the East.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Yatesville to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,742 miles [9,240.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Yatesville. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yatesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Yatesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6721, Longitude: -77.1375    
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Yatesville 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 Yatesville, 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 Yatesville 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 307.652 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.762 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.222 degrees.




 

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