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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 Sennett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sennett 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 Sennett:
- 42.994666, -76.532963
- 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 Sennett
- 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 Sennett 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 Sennett
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sennett ...
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.
- Cold Spring
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
- Jordan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Long Bridge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
- Marysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Marysville is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
- Petty Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Petty Corner is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty Corner
- Pump Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pump Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pump Corners
- Sherlock Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sherlock Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock Corners
- Wicks Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
- Willow Glen
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From Sennett 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 Sennett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sennett and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sennett 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 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 284 miles [457.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,704 miles [9,179.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,425 miles [10,340 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,300 miles [6,920.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sennett) 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 Sennett 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 Sennett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9947, Longitude: -76.5330 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.243 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.352 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.796 degrees. |
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