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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 Cuyler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cuyler 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 Cuyler:
- 42.737290, -75.948532
- 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 Cuyler
- 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 Cuyler is near Madison County and also Chenango County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango 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 Cuyler
Communities Also Named Cuyler ...
We found three communities that are also named Cuyler.
Within New York, the name Cuyler is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Bryan 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 Georgia community of Cuyler [Bryan County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- This Cuyler is located in Cook County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<2> to the west of the Cuyler that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Cuyler.
- Texas
- Carson County
- This Cuyler is located in Carson County and lies 1,442 miles [2,320.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cuyler that is located in Cortland County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carson County community of Cuyler.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cuyler ...
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.
- Delphi Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Georgetown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Puckerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Puckerville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puckerville
- Quaker Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Quaker Settlement is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quaker Settlement
- Seventh Day Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Seventh Day Hollow is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seventh Day Hollow
- Sheds
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sheds is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheds
- Slab City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Slab City is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slab City
- Swift Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Swift Corner is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Corner
- Tripoli
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tripoli is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
- Union
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Cuyler 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 Cuyler to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cuyler and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cuyler to Cortland, 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 four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 111 miles [178.6 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 southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,691 miles [9,158.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Cuyler 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cuyler) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cuyler 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 Cuyler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7373, Longitude: -75.9485 In this case, the coordinates for Cuyler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.906 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.931 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.635 degrees. |
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