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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 Pump Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pump Corners 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 Pump Corners:
- 43.066667, -76.501667
- 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 Pump 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
- Since Pump Corners is near Onondaga County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Pump Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pump 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.
- Bangall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bangall is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangall
- Halfway
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Halfway is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Jacks Reef
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Jones Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jones Point is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Point
- Jordan
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Long Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Marysville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Marysville is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Meridian
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mosquito Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mosquito Point is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Point
- Peru
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Peru is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Plainville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweets Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sweets Crossing is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweets Crossing
- Wicks Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
- Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Pump Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pump 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 Pump Corners and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pump Corners to Auburn, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,700 miles [9,173.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,421 miles [10,333.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,296 miles [6,913.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pump Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Pump Corners 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 Pump Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0667, Longitude: -76.5017 In this case, the coordinates for Pump Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.216 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.333 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.749 degrees. |
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