Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 North Scriba:
  • 43.488680, -76.384936
  • 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 North Scriba

• 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 Oswego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego County
  • Since North Scriba is near Cayuga County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 North Scriba

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Scriba ...

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.

• Arthur
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Arthur is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
• Clark Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Clark Corners is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
• Hickory Grove
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hickory Grove is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
• Jones Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Jones Corners is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corners
• Lakeview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• Mexico
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mexico is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico <1>
• Mount Pleasant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
• Pleasant Point Crossing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Point Crossing is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point Crossing
• Texas
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Texas is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas

How Far From North Scriba 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 North Scriba to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies just to the West Southwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from North Scriba 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 318 miles [511.8 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,678 miles [9,137.9 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 4,276 miles [6,881.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'