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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 Canastota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canastota 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 Canastota:
- 43.080715, -75.750830
- 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 Canastota
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Canastota is near Oneida County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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 Canastota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canastota ...
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.
- Clockville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cottons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Five Chimneys Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Chimneys Corner is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Chimneys Corner
- Five Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Five Corners is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Merrillsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Merrillsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
- Messenger Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Messenger Bay is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messenger Bay
- Oniontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Oniontown is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
- Scribner Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scribner Corners is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Corners
- Sulphur Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Canastota 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 village such as Canastota to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canastota and extending to:
- Wampsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the East.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Canastota to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,388 miles [10,280.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Canastota) 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 Canastota 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 Canastota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0807, Longitude: -75.7508 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.746 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.807 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.387 degrees. |
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