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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 Parish, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Parish 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 Parish:
- 43.407301, -76.127455
- 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 Parish
- 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 Parish is near Onondaga County and also Oneida 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 Oneida 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 Parish
Communities Also Named Parish ...
We found four communities that are also named Parish.
Within New York, the name Parish is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Houston County
- This Parish is located in Houston County and lies 982 miles [1,580.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Parish that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Houston County community of Parish.
- Florida
- Manatee 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 Florida community of Parish [Manatee County].
- Georgia
- Bulloch 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 Georgia community of Parish [Bulloch County].
- Candler County
- This Parish is located in Candler County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Parish that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Candler County community of Parish.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Parish ...
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.
- Catfish Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Catfish Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Corners
- Dutch Settlement
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Dutch Settlement is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
- Howardville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Howardville is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howardville
- Little France
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Little France is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
- Mallory
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Maple View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Morse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Morse is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Parish Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Parish Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parish Center
- Prattham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Red Mill
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Red Mill is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Tinker Tavern Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Tinker Tavern Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Tavern Corner
How Far From Parish 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 village such as Parish to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Parish and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Parish to Oswego, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 314 miles [505.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,392 miles [10,286.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,268 miles [6,868.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 from Point A (ie- Parish) 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 Parish 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Parish 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 Parish. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4073, Longitude: -76.1275 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.945 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.083 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.418 degrees. |
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