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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 Indian Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Cove and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Indian Cove:
    • 42.771737, -76.467715
    • 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 Indian Cove
  • 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
    • Since Indian Cove is near Onondaga County and also Cortland 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 Cortland 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 Indian Cove

Communities Also Named Indian Cove ...

We found seven communities that are also named Indian Cove.

Within New York, the name Indian Cove is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Indian Cove [New Haven County].
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • This Indian Cove is located in Sussex County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Indian Cove that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Indian Cove.
    • Georgia
      • Worth County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Indian Cove [Worth County].
    • Idaho
      • Owyhee 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 Idaho community of Indian Cove [Owyhee County].
    • Nevada
      • Lincoln County
      • This Indian Cove is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,018 miles [3,247.7 km]<2> to the west of the Indian Cove that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Indian Cove.
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • This Indian Cove lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<2> to the northeast of the Indian Cove that is located in Cayuga County.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Indian Cove is located in Henderson County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Indian Cove that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Indian Cove.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Cove ...

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.

  • Baptist Corners
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Baptist Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Corners
  • Bunker
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Bunker is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker
  • Cascade
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Edgewater
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Edgewater is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Edgewater Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Glen Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Glen Haven is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Goosetree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Goosetree is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetree
  • Gregory Landing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gregory Landing is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
  • Jones Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jones Beach is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
  • Kelloggsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
  • Little Hollow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Little Hollow is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hollow
  • Locke
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Pine Hollow
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Pine Hollow is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
    • Poplar Ridge
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sherlock Corners
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherlock Corners is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock Corners
    • Toll Gate Corners
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Toll Gate Corners is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corners
    • Winding Ways
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways

How Far From Indian Cove 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 Indian Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Cove and extending to:

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Indian Cove to Auburn, with an average speed<5> 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 137 miles [220.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 269 miles [432.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 Indian Cove 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Cove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Indian Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Indian Cove 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 Indian Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7717, Longitude: -76.4677       In this case, the coordinates for Indian Cove have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.225 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.296 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.863 degrees.