Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Weedsport:
  • 43.058955, -76.559108
  • 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 Weedsport

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

Curious and Interesting Names Near North Weedsport ...

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.

• Cold Spring
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Conquest
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Conquest is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conquest
• Fox Ridge
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
• Hard Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hard Point is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Point
• Howland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Howland is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland
• Jacks Reef
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
• Jones Point
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones Point is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
• Jordan
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jordan is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,294 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jordan <1>
• Long Bridge
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
• Marysville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Marysville is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
• Meridian
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Meridian is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meridian <1>
• Mosquito Point
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mosquito Point is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
• Peru
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Peru is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
• Pump Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Pump Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Corners

How Far From North Weedsport 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 North Weedsport 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 Weedsport and extending to:

• Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies just to the South.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 144 miles [231.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from North Weedsport 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 288 miles [463.5 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 5,702 miles [9,176.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,423 miles [10,336.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'