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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 Southeast Owasco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southeast Owasco 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 Southeast Owasco:
- 42.758403, -76.459381
- 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 Southeast Owasco
- 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 Southeast Owasco is near Onondaga County and also Cortland 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 Cortland 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 Southeast Owasco
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southeast Owasco ...
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.
- Cascade
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgewater is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Goosetree
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Goosetree is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetree
- Gregory Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Gregory Landing is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory Landing
- Indian Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Indian Cove is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
- Kelloggsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
- Little Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Little Hollow is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hollow
- Locke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Hollow is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
- Poplar Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Toll Gate Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Toll Gate Corners is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corners
How Far From Southeast Owasco 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 Southeast Owasco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southeast Owasco and extending to:
- Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Southeast Owasco to Auburn, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 136 miles [218.9 km] to the east (E). 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 268 miles [431.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 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- Southeast Owasco) 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 Southeast Owasco 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 Southeast Owasco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7584, Longitude: -76.4594 In this case, the coordinates for Southeast Owasco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.221 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.29 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.865 degrees. |
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