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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 Roosevelt Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roosevelt Corners and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Roosevelt Corners:
    • 43.304513, -76.240484
    • 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Corners is near Onondaga County and also Cayuga 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 Cayuga 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 Roosevelt Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roosevelt 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.

  • Big Bay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Bay is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bay
  • Catfish Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Catfish Corners is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Corners
  • Clay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Dutch Settlement
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Dutch Settlement is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
  • Euclid
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Euclid is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Gilbert Mills
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Gilbert Mills is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mills
  • Gulf Bridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Gulf Bridge is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Bridge
  • Little France
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Little France is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
  • Mallory
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Morse
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Morse is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
  • Mount Pleasant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mud Settlement
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mud Settlement is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Settlement
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Peat Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Peat Corners is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peat Corners
    • Sand Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
    • Three Rivers
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Three Rivers is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
    • Whig Hill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Whig Hill is located in Oswego County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whig Hill

How Far From Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Corners and extending to:

  • Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Roosevelt Corners to Oswego, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 132 miles [212.4 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 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 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 5,679 miles [9,139.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3045, Longitude: -76.2405       In this case, the coordinates for Roosevelt Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.027 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.159 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.519 degrees.