Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Lummisville:
  • 43.245066, -76.906352
  • 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 Lummisville

• 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Since Lummisville is near Cayuga County and also Oswego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga 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 Lummisville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lummisville ...

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.

• Furnace Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
• Hickory Square
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Square is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Square
• Joy
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Joy is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joy
• Lake Bluff
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake Bluff is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bluff
• Pilgrimport
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Pilgrimport is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrimport
• Red Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Red Creek is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 488 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Red Creek <1>
• Resort
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Resort is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resort
• Rice Mill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Rice Mill is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Mill
• Rose
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rose is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rose <1>
• Sunset View
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Sunset View is located in Wayne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View

How Far From Lummisville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lummisville to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Lyons, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lummisville to Lyons, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 163 miles [262.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 300 miles [482.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,709 miles [9,187.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'