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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 Hickory Square, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hickory Square 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 Hickory Square:
- 43.217778, -76.823333
- 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 Hickory Square
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Hickory Square is near Cayuga County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 Hickory Square
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hickory Square ...
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.
- Clyde
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fair Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Furnace Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- Lake Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Bluff is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
- Noble Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Noble Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Corner
- Red Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Resort
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Resort is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resort
- Rice Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rice Mill is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
- Rose
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset View is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Victory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
How Far From Hickory Square to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hickory Square to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hickory Square and extending to:
- Lyons, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hickory Square to Lyons, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 159 miles [255.9 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 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six 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 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,304 miles [6,926.6 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- Hickory Square) 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 Hickory Square 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 Hickory Square. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2178, Longitude: -76.8233 In this case, the coordinates for Hickory Square have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.402 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.836 degrees. |
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