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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 Careys Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Careys 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 Careys Corners:
    • 43.147292, -75.295445
    • 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 Careys 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Careys Corners is near Herkimer County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Careys Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Careys 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.

  • Air City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Air City is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
  • Farmers Mills
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Farmers Mills is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
  • Floyd
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Floyd is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Green Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Harbor
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Harbor is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Heritage Acres
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
  • Holland Patent
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Maple Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Maple Grove is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Mapledale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mapledale is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
  • Marcy
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mohawk Gardens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mohawk Gardens is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Gardens

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Careys Corners and extending to:

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Careys Corners 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,242 miles [6,826.8 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Careys Corners) 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 Careys 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 Careys Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1473, Longitude: -75.2954       In this case, the coordinates for Careys Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.455 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.49 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.141 degrees.