Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Piercefield:
  • 44.232005, -74.569618
  • 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 Piercefield

• 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
  • Since Piercefield is near Franklin County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Piercefield

Curious and Interesting Names Near Piercefield ...

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.

• Brandy Brook
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Brandy Brook is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandy Brook
• Conifer
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Conifer is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conifer
• Coreys
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Coreys is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coreys
• Cranberry Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cranberry Lake is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Lake
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cranberry Lake <1>
• Floodwood
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Floodwood is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floodwood
• Gale
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Gale is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gale
• Horseshoe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Horseshoe is located in Saint Lawrence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
• Kildare
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Kildare is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kildare
• Moody
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Moody is located in Franklin County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moody

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

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

• Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Piercefield to Canton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 116 miles [186.7 km] to the south southeast (SSE). 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 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 389 miles [626 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,574 miles [8,970.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,296 miles [10,132.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,172 miles [6,714.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'