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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 Sweets Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweets Crossing 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 Sweets Crossing:
    • 43.188128, -74.198744
    • 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 Sweets Crossing
  • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Sweets Crossing is near Saratoga County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saratoga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Sweets Crossing

Communities Also Named Sweets Crossing ...

We found one communities that are also named Sweets Crossing.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Sweets Crossing.

Beyond New York.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Onondaga County
      • This Sweets Crossing is located in Onondaga County and lies 109 miles [175.4 km]<1> to the west of the Sweets Crossing that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Sweets Crossing.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweets Crossing ...

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.

  • Carpenters Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Carpenters Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Corners
  • Clarkville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkville
  • Cranberry Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cranberry Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Creek
  • Edinburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fayville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fayville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayville
  • Fish House
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Fish House is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish House
  • Fox Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fox Hill is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Hill
  • Hope
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hope is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
  • Maple Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Maple Grove is located in Hamilton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
  • Red Bunch Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Red Bunch Corners is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bunch Corners
  • Riceville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Riceville is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceville
  • Tenantville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Tenantville is located in Saratoga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenantville
  • Union Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Union Mills is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills

How Far From Sweets Crossing to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sweets Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Johnstown, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Sweets Crossing to Johnstown, 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 42 miles [67.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 331 miles [532.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,602 miles [9,015.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,318 miles [10,167.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,194 miles [6,749.6 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' (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- Sweets Crossing) 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 Sweets Crossing 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 Sweets Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1881, Longitude: -74.1987       In this case, the coordinates for Sweets Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.771 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.727 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.605 degrees.