Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lafayette Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lafayette Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lafayette Corners

• 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 Lafayette Corners:
  • 42.593404, -76.287154
  • 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 Lafayette 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
  • Since Lafayette Corners is near Cortland County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Lafayette Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lafayette 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.

• Chipman Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chipman Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman Corners
• Freeville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Freeville is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <1>
• Gracie
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Gracie is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie
• Grotto
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Grotto is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grotto
• Halls Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
• Homer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <1>
• Lacy Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
• Peruville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peruville is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
• Red Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
• Summer Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
  • Summer Hill has also been known as:
  • Plato
• Willow Glen
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen

How Far From Lafayette Corners to ...

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 Lafayette Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lafayette Corners and extending to:

• Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lafayette Corners to Ithaca, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 128 miles [206 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 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 258 miles [415.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
• 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).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,305 miles [6,928.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'