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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 Southwest Oswego, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Southwest Oswego 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 Southwest Oswego:
- 43.412817, -76.577532
- 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 Southwest Oswego
- 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 Southwest Oswego is near Cayuga County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Southwest Oswego
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southwest Oswego ...
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.
- Clark Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Clark Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Corners
- Crocketts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Crocketts is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocketts
- Fair Haven
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruit Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fruit Valley is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Valley
- Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hannibal Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hannibal Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal Center
- Jones Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jones Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corners
- Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeview is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lewis Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Corners
- Moon Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Moon Beach is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moon Beach
- Mount Pleasant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
How Far From Southwest Oswego 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 Southwest Oswego to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Southwest Oswego and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 151 miles [243 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Southwest Oswego to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 312 miles [502.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 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 6,411 miles [10,317.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,287 miles [6,899.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Southwest Oswego) 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 Southwest Oswego 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 Southwest Oswego. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4128, Longitude: -76.5775 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.227 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.401 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.631 degrees. |
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