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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 Granby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Granby 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 South Granby:
    • 43.249936, -76.404391
    • 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 Granby
  • 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 South Granby 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 South Granby

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Granby ...

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
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bangall is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangall
  • Belgium
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Belgium is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belgium
  • Casual Estates
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Casual Estates is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casual Estates
  • Floridaville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Floridaville is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridaville
  • Gilbert Mills
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilbert Mills is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mills
  • Hannibal Center
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
  • Ira
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Lewis Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewis Corners is located in Oswego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
  • Little Utica
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
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How Far From South Granby 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 Granby 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 Granby and extending to:

  • Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from South Granby 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 four to five hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 139 miles [223.7 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 302 miles [486 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 5,688 miles [9,153.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,410 miles [10,315.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,285 miles [6,896 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- South Granby) 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 Granby 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 Granby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2499, Longitude: -76.4044       In this case, the coordinates for South Granby have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.136 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.272 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.621 degrees.