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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 Colosse, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Colosse 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 Colosse:
    • 43.420347, -76.158815
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Colosse
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Colosse ...

We found one communities that share the name Colosse.

Within New York, the name Colosse is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Colosse in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Isle of Wight County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colosse [Isle of Wight County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Colosse ...

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.

  • Catfish Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catfish Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Corners
    • Catfish Corners is located in Oswego County
  • Little France
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little France have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
    • Little France is located in Oswego County
  • Maple View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple View
    • Maple View is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple View <3>
  • Mexico
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Morse
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
    • Morse is located in Oswego County
  • Parish
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Parish Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parish Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Center
    • Parish Center is located in Oswego County
  • Prattham
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
    • Prattham is located in Oswego County
  • Red Mill
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
    • Red Mill is located in Oswego County

How Far From Colosse to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Colosse to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Colosse and extending to:

  • Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<4> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Colosse to Oswego, with an average speed<5> 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 131 miles [210.8 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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 315 miles [506.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,269 miles [6,870.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Colosse. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Colosse 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.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Colosse) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Colosse. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4203, Longitude: -76.1588       In this case, the coordinates for Colosse have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Colosse to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.963 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.106 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.427 degrees.




 

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