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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 Cato, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cato 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 Cato:
- 43.167942, -76.572823
- 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 Cato
- 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 Cato is near Onondaga County and also Oswego 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 Oswego 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 Cato
Communities Also Named Cato ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Cato.
Within New York, the name Cato is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- This Cato is located in Faulkner County and lies 1,012 miles [1,628.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Faulkner County community of Cato.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- This Cato is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,086 miles [1,747.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Cato.
- Indiana
- Pike County
- This Cato is located in Pike County and lies 643 miles [1,034.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Cato.
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- This Cato is located in Crawford County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Cato.
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cato [Harlan County].
- Michigan
- Montcalm County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cato [Montcalm County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Cato is located in Rankin County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Cato.
- Missouri
- Barry County
- This Cato is located in Barry County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barry County community of Cato.
- Ray County
- Although located in Ray County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ray County community of Cato.
- Oklahoma
- Kingfisher County
- This Cato is located in Kingfisher County and lies 1,235 miles [1,987.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kingfisher County community of Cato.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cato [Centre County].
- Tennessee
- Trousdale County
- This Cato is located in Trousdale County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trousdale County community of Cato.
- Wisconsin
- Manitowoc County
- This Cato is located in Manitowoc County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west of the Cato that is located in Cayuga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manitowoc County community of Cato.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cato ...
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.
- Conquest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Conquest is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conquest
- Floridaville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Floridaville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridaville
- Hannibal Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
- Hard Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hard Point is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Point
- Howland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Howland is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
- Ira
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Jacks Reef
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Jones Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jones Point is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- Jordan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Meridian
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mosquito Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mosquito Point is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pump Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pump Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Corners
- Victory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
How Far From Cato 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 village such as Cato to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cato and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Cato to Auburn, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 146 miles [235 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,698 miles [9,170 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,420 miles [10,332 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,296 miles [6,913.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Cato) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Cato could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Cato 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 Cato. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1679, Longitude: -76.5728 In this case, the coordinates for Cato have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.25 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.388 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.738 degrees. |
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