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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 Mays Point, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mays Point 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 Mays Point:
- 42.997565, -76.765231
- 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 Mays Point
- 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 Seneca County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- Since Mays Point is near Wayne County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Mays Point
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mays Point ...
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.
- Evans Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Evans Corner is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Corner
- Fosterville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Fox Ridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
- Lockpit
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lockpit is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockpit
- Magee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Magee is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magee
- Montezuma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mud Lock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Lock is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lock
- Noble Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Noble Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Corner
- Stone Church Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Church Corner is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church Corner
- Willow Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Grove is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Mays Point 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 Mays Point to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mays Point and extending to:
- Waterloo, which is the Seat of Seneca County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 153 miles [246.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mays Point to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,713 miles [9,194.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,434 miles [10,354.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,310 miles [6,936.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mays Point) 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 Mays Point 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 Mays Point. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9976, Longitude: -76.7652 In this case, the coordinates for Mays Point have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.388 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.516 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.905 degrees. |
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