Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Myers, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Myers and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Myers
- 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 Myers:
- 42.539516, -76.539386
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Myers
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since Myers is near Seneca County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Seneca County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Myers ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Myers.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Myers.
Beyond New York, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Madison County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Myers [Madison County].
- Richland County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Myers [Richland County].
- Stark County
- This Myers is located in Stark County and lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Myers that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stark County community of Myers.
- Oklahoma
- South Carolina
- Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Myers [Barnwell County].
- Charleston County
- This Myers is located in Charleston County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Myers that is located in Tompkins County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charleston County community of Myers.
- Jasper County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Myers [Jasper County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Myers ...
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.
- Belltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Christian Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Christian Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christian Hill
- Christian Hill is located in Tompkins County
- Covert
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Forest Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Goodyear Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodyear Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Corners
- Goodyear Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Grotto
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Head Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Head Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
- Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Howland Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howland Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Howland Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Ithaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
- Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <5>
- Kennedy Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kennedy Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Krum Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krum Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Corner
- Krum Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Podunk
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west) - Willow Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
How Far From Myers 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 Myers to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Myers and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 141 miles [226.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Myers to Albany, with an average speed<6>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 252 miles [405.6 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,723 miles [9,210.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,318 miles [6,949.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Myers. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 Myers 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Myers) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Myers. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5395, Longitude: -76.5394 In this case, the coordinates for Myers have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Myers, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Myers to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.293 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.335 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.999 degrees. |