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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 Marcy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Marcy and the surrounding area.
- 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 Marcy:
- 43.171016, -75.291610
- 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 Marcy
- 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 Marcy is near Herkimer County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Marcy
Communities Also Named Marcy ...
We found six communities that are also named Marcy.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Marcy.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Kings 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 New York community of Marcy [Kings County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Martin County
- This Marcy is located in Martin County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Marcy that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Marcy.
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Cuyahoga County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Marcy.
- Fairfield County
- This Marcy is located in Fairfield County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Marcy that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Marcy.
- Pennsylvania
- Wyoming County
- This Marcy is located in Wyoming County and lies 114 miles [183.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Marcy that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Marcy.
- Wisconsin
- Waukesha County
- This Marcy is located in Waukesha County and lies 646 miles [1,039.6 km]<2> to the west of the Marcy that is located in Oneida County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waukesha County community of Marcy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Marcy ...
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.
- Air City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Air City is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air City
- Floyd
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Floyd is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
- Heritage Acres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
- Holland Patent
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Liberty Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty Gardens is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Gardens
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Grove is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Mapledale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mapledale is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapledale
- Mohawk Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mohawk Gardens is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk Gardens
How Far From Marcy 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 Marcy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Marcy and extending to:
- Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 85 miles [136.8 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Marcy to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 308 miles [495.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,647 miles [9,088 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,241 miles [6,825.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Marcy 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 from Point A (ie- Marcy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Marcy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Marcy 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 Marcy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1710, Longitude: -75.2916 In this case, the coordinates for Marcy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.45 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.488 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.129 degrees. |
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