Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Small Corners:
  • 42.980347, -75.419061
  • 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 Small 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 Oneida County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
  • Since Small Corners is near Madison County and also Herkimer County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer 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 Small Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Small 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.

• Brothertown
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Brothertown is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brothertown
• Clayville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Clayville is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayville <1>
• Farmers Mills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Farmers Mills is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Mills
• Five Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Corners is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Forge Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Forge Hollow is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forge Hollow
• Greens Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Greens Crossing is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
• Marshall
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Marshall is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
• Paris
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Paris is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
• Paris Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Paris Station is located in Oneida County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Station

How Far From Small 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 Small 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 Small Corners and extending to:

• Utica, which is the Seat of Oneida County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Small Corners to Utica, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 86 miles [138.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'