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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 Sucker Brook, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sucker Brook 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 Sucker Brook:
    • 44.813333, -75.256667
    • 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 Sucker Brook
  • 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 Saint Lawrence County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lawrence County
    • Since Sucker Brook is near Franklin County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Sucker Brook

Communities Also Named Sucker Brook ...

We found one communities that are also named Sucker Brook.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Sucker Brook.

Beyond New York.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Wyoming County
      • This Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County and lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Sucker Brook that is located in Saint Lawrence County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Sucker Brook.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sucker Brook ...

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.

  • Chase Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Chipman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Chipman is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman
  • Drews Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Drews Corner is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drews Corner
  • Lisbon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Madrid
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Madrid Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Madrid Springs is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Springs
  • Mainsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mariatown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Muttonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Red Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Red Mills is located in Saint Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mills
  • Stampville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

How Far From Sucker Brook 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 Sucker Brook to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Canton, which is the Seat of Saint Lawrence County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sucker Brook to Canton, 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 418 miles [672.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,578 miles [8,976.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,303 miles [10,143.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,180 miles [6,727.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sucker Brook) 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 Sucker Brook 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 Sucker Brook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.8133, Longitude: -75.2567       In this case, the coordinates for Sucker Brook have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.225 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.506 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.337 degrees.