Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Toll Gate Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Toll Gate Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Toll Gate Corners

• 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 Toll Gate Corners:
  • 42.695626, -76.420214
  • 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 Toll Gate 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
  • Since Toll Gate Corners is near Tompkins County and also Cortland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tompkins County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cortland 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 Toll Gate Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Toll Gate 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.

• Cascade
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cascade is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
• Chipman Corners
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Chipman Corners is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipman Corners
• Edgewater
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgewater is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
• Goosetree
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Goosetree is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goosetree
• Halls Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Halls Corner is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
• Indian Cove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Indian Cove is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
• Kelloggsville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kelloggsville is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggsville
• Little Hollow
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Little Hollow is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hollow
• Locke
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Locke is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locke
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locke <1>
• Pine Hollow
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine Hollow is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
• Summer Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Summer Hill is located in Cayuga County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
  • Summer Hill has also been known as:
  • Plato

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Toll Gate Corners and extending to:

• Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Toll Gate Corners to Auburn, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 134 miles [215.7 km] to the east (E). 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,712 miles [9,192.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,431 miles [10,349.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,307 miles [6,931.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'