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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 Munsons Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Munsons Corners 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 Munsons Corners:
- 42.582293, -76.209096
- 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 Munsons Corners
- 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
- Since Munsons Corners is near Tompkins County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins 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 Munsons Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Munsons Corners ...
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.
- Freeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Gracie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gracie is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie
- Halls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Homer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lacy Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
- Little York
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Little York is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little York
- Maybury Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
- Peruville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Pratt Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Red Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Willow Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Munsons Corners 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 Munsons Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Munsons Corners and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Munsons Corners 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 258 miles [415.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Munsons Corners) 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 Munsons Corners 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 Munsons Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5823, Longitude: -76.2091 In this case, the coordinates for Munsons Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.084 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.107 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.825 degrees. |
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