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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 Hawley Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawley Corners 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 Hawley Corners:
- 42.539795, -75.508514
- 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 Hawley 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 Chenango County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chenango County
- Since Hawley Corners is near Otsego County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Hawley Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawley 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.
- Five Corners
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Galena
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Galena is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Gilbertsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plasterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Plasterville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plasterville
- Plymouth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Polkville
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Polkville is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Sages Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Sages Crossing is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sages Crossing
- Silver Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Springvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Springvale is located in Chenango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springvale
How Far From Hawley Corners 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 Hawley 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 Hawley Corners and extending to:
- Norwich, which is the Seat of Chenango County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Hawley Corners 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 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hawley Corners) 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 Hawley Corners 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 Hawley Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5398, Longitude: -75.5085 In this case, the coordinates for Hawley Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.617 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.518 degrees. |
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