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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 Stewart Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stewart Corners 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 Stewart Corners:
    • 43.033681, -75.184328
    • 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 Stewart Corners
  • 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
    • Since Stewart Corners is near Oneida County and also Otsego County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Otsego 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 Stewart Corners

Communities Also Named Stewart Corners ...

We found two communities that are also named Stewart Corners.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Stewart Corners.

Beyond New York.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Cayuga County
      • This Stewart Corners is located in Cayuga County and lies 70 miles [112.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Stewart Corners that is located in Herkimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Stewart Corners.
    • Oswego County
      • This Stewart Corners is located in Oswego County and lies 55 miles [88.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Stewart Corners that is located in Herkimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oswego County community of Stewart Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stewart Corners ...

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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
  • Cedarville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
  • Clayville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranes Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Cranes Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranes Corners
  • Days Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
  • Elizabethtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Elizabethtown is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
  • Greens Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Greens Crossing is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
  • Gulph
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Gulph is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulph
  • Harbor
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbor is located in Herkimer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor
  • Heritage Acres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Heritage Acres is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Acres
  • Paris
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Paris is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris Station
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Paris Station is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Station

How Far From Stewart Corners 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 Stewart Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Stewart Corners and extending to:

  • Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Stewart Corners to Herkimer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,366 miles [10,245.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,241 miles [6,825.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Stewart Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stewart Corners 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 Stewart Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0337, Longitude: -75.1843       In this case, the coordinates for Stewart Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.399 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.409 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.141 degrees.