Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Moore Landing:
  • 44.300325, -75.990783
  • 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 Moore Landing

• 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
  • Since Moore Landing is near Saint Lawrence County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Moore Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Moore Landing ...

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.

• Ebenezer
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Eden Grove
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Grove
• Fineview
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Fineview is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fineview
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fineview <1>
• Fishers Landing
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Fishers Landing is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Landing
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fishers Landing <1>
• Goose Bay
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Goose Bay is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Bay
• Gray's Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray's Beach
• Grindstone
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Grindstone is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grindstone
• Holland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
• Lower Town Landing
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lower Town Landing is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Town Landing
• Narrows
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
• Orleans Four Corners
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Orleans Four Corners is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans Four Corners
• Rockport
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockport <1>
• Thousand Island Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Thousand Island Park is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousand Island Park
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thousand Island Park <1>

How Far From Moore Landing to ...

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

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

• Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Moore Landing to Watertown, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 376 miles [605.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,353 miles [10,224.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,229 miles [6,805.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'