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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 West Bingham, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Bingham 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 West Bingham:
- 41.944496, -77.817393
- 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 West Bingham
- 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 Potter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter County
- Since West Bingham is near Allegany County and also Steuben County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben 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 West Bingham
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Bingham ...
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.
- Alice
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alice is located in Steuben County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
- Eleven Mile
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Elmer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Fox Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fox Hill is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
- Gold
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hallsport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Hebron Center
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron Center is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron Center
- Hector
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Independence
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Lewis Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lewis Corner is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corner
- Raymond
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Raymond is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Spring Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Mills is located in Allegany County (NY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Sweden
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Sweden is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden
- Telescope
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Telescope is located in Potter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telescope
How Far From West Bingham 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 community such as West Bingham to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in West Bingham and extending to:
- Coudersport, which is the Seat of Potter County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from West Bingham to Coudersport, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 214 miles [344.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,800 miles [9,334.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,519 miles [10,491.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,395 miles [7,073.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- West Bingham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 West Bingham 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 West Bingham. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9445, Longitude: -77.8174 In this case, the coordinates for West Bingham have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.14 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.197 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.845 degrees. |
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