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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 Lansing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Lansing 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 Lansing:
- 42.537850, -76.505774
- 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 Lansing
- 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 Tompkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
- Since South Lansing is near Cayuga County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga 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 South Lansing
Communities Also Named South Lansing ...
We found one communities that are also named South Lansing.
Within New York, the name South Lansing is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named South Lansing in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of South Lansing [Ingham County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Lansing ...
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.
- Five Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Forest Home
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Forest Home is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Home
- Grotto
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Grotto is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grotto
- Head Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Head Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Head Corners
- Howland Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Howland Corners is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howland Corners
- Ithaca
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kennedy Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kennedy Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Corner
- Krum Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Krum Corner is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krum Corner
- Peruville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Peruville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peruville
- Willow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
How Far From South Lansing 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 South Lansing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in South Lansing and extending to:
- Ithaca, which is the Seat of Tompkins County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<3> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from South Lansing to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 252 miles [405.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,441 miles [10,365.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,316 miles [6,945.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that South Lansing could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Lansing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lansing 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 Lansing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5378, Longitude: -76.5058 In this case, the coordinates for South Lansing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.272 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.312 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.984 degrees. |
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