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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 Ingalls Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ingalls Crossing 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 Ingalls Crossing:
- 43.308944, -76.350540
- 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 Ingalls Crossing
- 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 Oswego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego County
- Since Ingalls Crossing is near Onondaga County and also Cayuga 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 Cayuga 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 Ingalls Crossing
Communities Also Named Ingalls Crossing ...
We found one communities that are also named Ingalls Crossing.
Within New York, the name Ingalls Crossing is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Ingalls Crossing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Massachusetts
- Essex 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 Massachusetts community of Ingalls Crossing [Essex County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ingalls Crossing ...
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.
- Belgium
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belgium is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
- Catfish Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Catfish Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Corners
- Clark Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clark Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Floridaville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Floridaville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridaville
- Gilbert Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gilbert Mills is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mills
- Lewis Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lewis Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
- Little Utica
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Peat Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peat Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peat Corners
- Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Three Rivers
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Three Rivers is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
How Far From Ingalls Crossing 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 Ingalls Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ingalls Crossing and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ingalls Crossing to Oswego, with an average speed<3> 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 138 miles [222.1 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,684 miles [9,147.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,281 miles [6,889.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Ingalls Crossing 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 from Point A (ie- Ingalls Crossing) 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 Ingalls Crossing 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 Ingalls Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3089, Longitude: -76.3505 In this case, the coordinates for Ingalls Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.095 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.237 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.569 degrees. |
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