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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 Five Chimneys Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Five Chimneys Corner 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 Five Chimneys Corner:
- 43.033402, -75.619069
- 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 Five Chimneys Corner
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Five Chimneys Corner is near Oneida County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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 Five Chimneys Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Five Chimneys Corner ...
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.
- Brewers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brewers Corner is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Corner
- Clockville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cottons
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cottons is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottons
- Five Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Merrillsville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Merrillsville is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrillsville
- Pratts
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pratts is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
- Pratts Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
- Scribner Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Scribner Corners is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scribner Corners
- Valley Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Valley Mills is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Mills
- Willow Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Willow Place is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Place
How Far From Five Chimneys Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Five Chimneys Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Five Chimneys Corner and extending to:
- Wampsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Five Chimneys Corner to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,666 miles [9,118.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 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- Five Chimneys Corner) 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 Five Chimneys Corner 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 Five Chimneys Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0334, Longitude: -75.6191 In this case, the coordinates for Five Chimneys Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.669 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.713 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.346 degrees. |
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