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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 Cummings Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cummings Crossing 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 Cummings Crossing:
- 42.774326, -76.119697
- 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 Cummings Crossing
- 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 Cummings Crossing is near Onondaga County and also Cayuga 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 Cayuga 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 Cummings Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cummings Crossing ...
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.
- Fair Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fair Haven is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Haven
- Gamble Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gamble Mill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Mill
- Glen Haven
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Grout Mill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grout Mill is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grout Mill
- Homer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Little York
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Pratt Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rice Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Grove
- Slab City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Swift Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swift Corner is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Corner
- Tripoli
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tripoli is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Williams Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Williams Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
How Far From Cummings Crossing 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 Cummings Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cummings Crossing and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cummings Crossing to Cortland, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 119 miles [191.5 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 271 miles [436.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,291 miles [6,905.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cummings Crossing) 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 Cummings Crossing 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 Cummings Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7743, Longitude: -76.1197 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.008 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.053 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.699 degrees. |
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