Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Petty Corner:
  • 42.917845, -76.507439
  • 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 Petty Corner

• 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 Petty Corner is near Onondaga County and also Seneca 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 Seneca 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 Petty Corner

Curious and Interesting Names Near Petty Corner ...

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.

• Baptist Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Baptist Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Corners
• Cold Spring
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
• Edgewater Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
• Half Acre
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Half Acre is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
• Jones Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jones Beach is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
• Long Bridge
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
• Marysville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Marysville is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
• Sherlock Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Sherlock Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock Corners
• Wicks Corners
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
• Willow Glen
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
• Winding Ways
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways

How Far From Petty Corner 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 Petty Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Petty Corner and extending to:

• Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies just to the West Northwest.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Petty Corner to Albany, with an average speed<2>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 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,706 miles [9,182.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,427 miles [10,343.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,302 miles [6,923.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'