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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 Long Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Crossing and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Long Crossing:
    • 43.224235, -75.776298
    • 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 Long 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Since Long Crossing is near Madison County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego 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 Long Crossing

Communities Also Named Long Crossing ...

We found one communities that are also named Long Crossing.

Within New York, the name Long Crossing is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Long Crossing in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • Uvalde County
      • This Long Crossing is located in Uvalde County and lies 1,617 miles [2,602.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Crossing that is located in Oneida County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Uvalde County community of Long Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.

  • Dibbletown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dibbletown is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dibbletown
  • Edgewater Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater Beach is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Beach
  • Fish Creek Landing
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fish Creek Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Landing
  • Fish Creek Station
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fish Creek Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek Station
  • Jewell
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Jewell is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Maple Flats
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Maple Flats is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Flats
  • Messenger Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Messenger Bay is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messenger Bay
  • Oniontown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Oniontown is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oniontown
  • Paradise Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Paradise Hill is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hill
  • Pine Crest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Pine Crest is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
  • Stacy Basin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Stacy Basin is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stacy Basin
  • Starks Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Starks Landing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starks Landing

How Far From Long Crossing 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 Long Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Crossing and extending to:

  • Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Long Crossing to Utica, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Long Crossing) 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 Long 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 Long Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2242, Longitude: -75.7763       In this case, the coordinates for Long Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.746 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.83 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.334 degrees.