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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 South Cortland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Cortland 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 South Cortland:
- 42.564793, -76.222152
- 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 South Cortland
- 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 Cortland County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland County
- Since South Cortland is near Tompkins County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins 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 South Cortland
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Cortland ...
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.
- Freeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gracie
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Gracie is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie
- Halls Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Homer
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lacy Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lacy Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy Corners
- Maybury Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maybury Mills is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybury Mills
- Peruville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Pratt Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Pratt Corners is located in Cortland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Corners
- Red Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Red Mills is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
- Summer Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Summer Hill has also been known as:
- Plato
- Willow Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Willow Glen is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
How Far From South Cortland to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as South Cortland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Cortland and extending to:
- Cortland, which is the Seat of Cortland County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from South Cortland to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 256 miles [412 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,709 miles [9,187.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,303 miles [6,925 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Cortland) 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 South Cortland 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 South Cortland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5648, Longitude: -76.2222 In this case, the coordinates for South Cortland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.094 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.115 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.839 degrees. |
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