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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 Thomas Settlement, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thomas Settlement 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 Thomas Settlement:
- 43.813954, -76.074646
- 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 Thomas Settlement
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Thomas Settlement is near Oswego County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis 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 Thomas Settlement
Curious and Interesting Names Near Thomas Settlement ...
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.
- Butterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Butterville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butterville
- Green Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Green Settlement is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Settlement
- Honeyville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Honeyville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Lorraine
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyon Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lyon Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyon Corner
- Mannsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Roberts Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Roberts Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts Corner
- Rodman
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Rural Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Rural Hill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Hill
- Sulphur Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
How Far From Thomas Settlement 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 Thomas Settlement to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Thomas Settlement and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Thomas Settlement to Watertown, 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 141 miles [226.9 km] to the southeast (SE). 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 343 miles [552 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,652 miles [9,096 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,251 miles [6,841.3 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thomas Settlement) 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 Thomas Settlement 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 Thomas Settlement. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8140, Longitude: -76.0746 In this case, the coordinates for Thomas Settlement have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.866 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.061 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.208 degrees. |
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