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 Ironsides:
42.920900, -76.213260
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 Ironsides
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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Ironsides.
Within New York, the name Ironsides is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Ironsides is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,337 miles [3,761 km]<1> to the west of the Ironsides that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Ironsides.
Maryland
Charles County
This Ironsides is located in Charles County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the south of the Ironsides that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Ironsides.
Ontario
This Ironsides lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Ironsides that is located in Onondaga County.
Pennsylvania
Chester County
This Ironsides is located in Chester County and lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the south of the Ironsides that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chester County community of Ironsides.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ironsides ...
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.
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 Ironsides to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ironsides and extending to:
Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Ironsides to Syracuse, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 281 miles [452.2 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,694 miles [9,163.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,414 miles [10,322.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,289 miles [6,902.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Ironsides) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 Ironsides 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 Ironsides. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9209, Longitude: -76.2133 In this case, the coordinates for Ironsides have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.051 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.124 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.677 degrees.