Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Chipman Corners:
  • 42.632848, -76.375213
  • 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 Chipman 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 Chipman Corners is near Tompkins County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins 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 Chipman Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chipman 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.

• Goosetree
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Goosetree is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetree
• Grotto
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Grotto is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grotto
• Halls Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
• Locke
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Locke is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locke <1>
• Peruville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
• Pine Hollow
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pine Hollow is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
• Summer Hill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
  • Summer Hill has also been known as:
  • Plato
• Toll Gate Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Toll Gate Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corners

How Far From Chipman 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 Chipman 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 Chipman Corners and extending to:

• Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Chipman Corners to Auburn, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 132 miles [212.4 km] to the east (E). 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 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 260 miles [418.4 km] to the south (S). 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 5,713 miles [9,194.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,432 miles [10,351.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'