Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lansing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lansing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lansing
- 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 Lansing:
- 42.490159, -76.485642
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Lansing
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since Lansing is near Seneca County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Lansing ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Lansing.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Lansing.
Beyond New York, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Florida
- Citrus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lansing [Citrus County].
- DeSoto County
- This Lansing is located in DeSoto County and lies 1,094 miles [1,760.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Lansing that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeSoto County community of Lansing.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Yukon
- This Lansing lies 2,658 miles [4,277.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lansing that is located in Tompkins County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lansing ...
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.
- Forest Home
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeville
- Freeville is located in Tompkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeville <4>
- Grotto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Head Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Head Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
- Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Howland Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howland Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Howland Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Ithaca
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
- Kennedy Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Krum Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krum Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Corner
- Krum Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Willow Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
How Far From Lansing 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 village such as Lansing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lansing and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lansing to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,317 miles [6,947.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lansing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Lansing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lansing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4902, Longitude: -76.4856 In this case, the coordinates for Lansing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Lansing 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Lansing to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.264 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.295 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.995 degrees. |