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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 Minoa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Minoa 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 Minoa:
- 43.074644, -76.008557
- 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 Minoa
- 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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
- Since Minoa 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 Minoa
Curious and Interesting Names Near Minoa ...
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.
- Eagle Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eagle Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Village
- High Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- High Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- Jamesville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Pitcher Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pitcher Hill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitcher Hill
- Polkville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Polkville is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polkville
- Skytop
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Skytop is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skytop
- Tall Pines Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Tall Pines Village is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines Village
- Weaver Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Weaver Corner is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver Corner
How Far From Minoa 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 village such as Minoa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Minoa and extending to:
- Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 117 miles [188.3 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Minoa to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 293 miles [471.5 km] to the south (S). 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 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,400 miles [10,299.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,275 miles [6,879.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Minoa) 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 Minoa 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 Minoa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0746, Longitude: -76.0086 In this case, the coordinates for Minoa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.907 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.987 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.512 degrees. |
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