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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 Otisco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Otisco 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 Otisco:
- 42.859878, -76.217747
- 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 Otisco
- 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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
- Since Otisco is near Cayuga County and also Cortland 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 Cortland 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 Otisco
Communities Also Named Otisco ...
We found four communities that are also named Otisco.
Within New York, the name Otisco is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Decatur County
- This Otisco is located in Decatur County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Otisco that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Otisco.
- Indiana
- Clark County
- This Otisco is located in Clark County and lies 577 miles [928.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Otisco that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Otisco.
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Otisco [Ionia County].
- Minnesota
- Waseca County
- This Otisco is located in Waseca County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Otisco that is located in Onondaga County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Waseca County community of Otisco.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Otisco ...
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.
- Amber
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Gamble Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gamble Mill is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamble Mill
- Gregory Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gregory Landing is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Griffins Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Griffins Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corners
- Heath Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Heath Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath Grove
- Ironsides
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ironsides is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironsides
- Joshua
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Joshua is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua
- Lords Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Lords Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lords Corners
- Maple Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Maple Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Rice Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rice Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Grove
- Williams Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Grove is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Grove
How Far From Otisco 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 Otisco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Otisco and extending to:
- Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Otisco to Syracuse, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,697 miles [9,168.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,416 miles [10,325.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,292 miles [6,907.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Otisco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Otisco 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. |
| <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 Otisco 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 Otisco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8599, Longitude: -76.2177 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.06 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.125 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.707 degrees. |
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