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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 Baptist Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baptist Corners 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 Baptist Corners:
    • 42.903679, -76.468270
    • 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 Baptist Corners
  • 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
    • Since Baptist Corners is near Onondaga County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Baptist Corners

Communities Also Named Baptist Corners ...

We found one communities that are also named Baptist Corners.

Within New York, the name Baptist Corners is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Baptist Corners in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • This Baptist Corners is located in Worcester County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the east of the Baptist Corners that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Baptist Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Baptist Corners ...

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.

  • Cold Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Edgewater Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Jones Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jones Beach is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
  • Long Bridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
  • Marysville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Marysville is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Petty Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Petty Corner is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty Corner
  • Rose Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Rose Hill is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Shamrock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
  • Sherlock Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sherlock Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock Corners
  • Thorn Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Thorn Hill is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorn Hill
  • Wicks Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
  • Willow Glen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
  • Winding Ways
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways

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

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

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Baptist Corners to Albany, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,705 miles [9,181.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,301 miles [6,921.8 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Baptist Corners) 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 Baptist Corners 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 Baptist Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9037, Longitude: -76.4683       In this case, the coordinates for Baptist Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.212 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.302 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.805 degrees.