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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 Madison Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Madison Center 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 Madison Center:
    • 42.880625, -75.498232
    • 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 Madison Center
  • 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
    • Since Madison Center is near Oneida County and also Chenango 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 Chenango 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 Madison Center

Communities Also Named Madison Center ...

We found three communities that are also named Madison Center.

Within New York, the name Madison Center is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Madison Center [New Haven County].
    • Maine
      • Somerset 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 Maine community of Madison Center [Somerset County].
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • This Madison Center is located in Lenawee County and lies 441 miles [709.7 km]<2> to the west of the Madison Center that is located in Madison County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenawee County community of Madison Center.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Madison Center ...

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.

  • Brothertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Brothertown is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
  • Eagleville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Eagleville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
  • Five Corners
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Five Corners is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Forge Hollow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Forge Hollow is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Hollow
  • Guideboard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Guideboard is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guideboard
  • Moscow Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Moscow Hill is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow Hill
  • Pecksport
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Pecksport is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecksport
  • Pierceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pierceville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierceville
  • Poolville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Poolville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolville
  • Pratts
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratts is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts
  • Pratts Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratts Hollow is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratts Hollow
  • Randallsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Randallsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randallsville
  • Small Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Small Corners is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Small Corners
  • Williams Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Williams Corners is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corners

How Far From Madison Center 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 Madison Center to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Wampsville, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Madison Center to Wampsville, 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 five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five 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 5,667 miles [9,120.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,385 miles [10,275.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • 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).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Madison Center 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Madison Center) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Madison Center 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 Madison Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8806, Longitude: -75.4982       In this case, the coordinates for Madison Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.611 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.623 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.359 degrees.