Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Pember Corners:
  • 43.357013, -76.510497
  • 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 Pember Corners

• 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 Pember Corners is near Cayuga County and also Onondaga 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 Onondaga 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 Pember Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pember Corners ...

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.

• Clark Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clark Corners is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
• Crocketts
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Crocketts is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts
• Floridaville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Floridaville is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridaville
• Fruit Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fruit Valley is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Valley
• Hannibal
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannibal is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 519 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hannibal <1>
• Hannibal Center
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
• Lewis Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lewis Corners is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
• Moon Beach
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Moon Beach is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Beach
• Mount Pleasant
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant

How Far From Pember Corners 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 Pember Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies just to the North.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 146 miles [235 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Pember Corners 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 309 miles [497.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,688 miles [9,153.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,286 miles [6,897.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'