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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 Johnson Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnson 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 Johnson Corners:
- 43.071737, -75.059047
- 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 Johnson 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Johnson Corners is near Oneida County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Johnson Corners
Communities Also Named Johnson Corners ...
We found one communities that are also named Johnson Corners.
Within New York, the name Johnson Corners is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Johnson Corners in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ohio
- Lucas 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 Ohio community of Johnson Corners [Lucas County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnson 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.
- Cranes Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cranes Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
- Days Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
- Days Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Days Rock is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Rock
- Elizabethtown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Getman Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Getman Corners is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getman Corners
- Gulph
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulph is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph
- Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harbor is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Heritage Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Irish Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Irish Settlement is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irish Settlement
- Mohawk
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Spinnerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Spinnerville is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spinnerville
How Far From Johnson Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnson Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Johnson Corners and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<3> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Johnson Corners to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 306 miles [492.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,641 miles [9,078.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,359 miles [10,233.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,235 miles [6,815.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Johnson Corners 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Johnson 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 Johnson Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0717, Longitude: -75.0590 In this case, the coordinates for Johnson Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.317 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.323 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.065 degrees. |
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