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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 Somers Lane, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Somers Lane 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 Somers Lane:
- 41.967574, -77.110526
- 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 Somers Lane
- 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 Tioga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tioga County
- Since Somers Lane is near Steuben County and also Chemung 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 Chemung 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 Somers Lane
Curious and Interesting Names Near Somers Lane ...
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.
- Crooked Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crooked Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crooked Creek
- Elkland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Erwins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Erwins is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erwins
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Freeman is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Jobs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jobs Corners is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corners
- Kellytown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Kellytown is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellytown
- Lambs Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lambs Creek is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Creek
- Mosherville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mosherville is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosherville
- Nelson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Nelson is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
- Painter Run
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Painter Run is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Painter Run
- Paisley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Paisley is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
- Rising
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rising is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Roseville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roseville is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Sagetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sagetown is located in Chemung County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagetown
- Shinglebury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shinglebury is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shinglebury
- Woods Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Corner is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Corner
How Far From Somers Lane 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 Somers Lane to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Somers Lane and extending to:
- Wellsboro, which is the Seat of Tioga County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Somers Lane to Wellsboro, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 212 miles [341.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 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 '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- Somers Lane) 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 Somers Lane 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 Somers Lane. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9676, Longitude: -77.1105 In this case, the coordinates for Somers Lane have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.70 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.704 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.509 degrees. |
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