Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Cheningo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheningo and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Cheningo

• 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 Cheningo:
  • 42.659791, -75.998535
  • 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 Cheningo

• 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
  • Since Cheningo is near Chenango County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango 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 Cheningo

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheningo ...

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.

• Freetown Corners
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Freetown Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freetown Corners
• Homer
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
• Little York
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Little York is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
• Lower Cincinnatus
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lower Cincinnatus is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Cincinnatus
• Maybury Mills
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
• Pitcher
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitcher is located in Chenango County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitcher <1>
• Pitcher Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitcher Springs is located in Chenango County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Springs
• Pratt Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
• Puckerville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Puckerville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
• Quaker Settlement
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Quaker Settlement is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Settlement
• Slab City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Slab City is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
• Tripoli
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Tripoli is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli

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

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

• Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cheningo to Cortland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the east (E). 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 265 miles [426.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,696 miles [9,166.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,415 miles [10,323.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,290 miles [6,904.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'