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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 Upson Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Upson Corners 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 Upson Corners:
- 43.361736, -76.228262
- 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 Upson 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 Oswego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oswego County
- Since Upson Corners is near Onondaga County and also Cayuga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga 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 Upson Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Upson 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.
- Catfish Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Catfish Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Corners
- Dutch Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dutch Settlement is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Settlement
- Gilbert Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Gilbert Mills is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert Mills
- Little France
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little France is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little France
- Mallory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maple View
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mexico
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Morse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Morse is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morse
- Mount Pleasant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mud Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mud Settlement is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Settlement
- Parish
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Peat Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Peat Corners is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peat Corners
- Prattham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Prattham is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
- Red Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Red Mill is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Sand Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sand Ridge is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
How Far From Upson Corners 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 Upson 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 Upson Corners and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Upson Corners to Oswego, 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 133 miles [214 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 311 miles [500.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 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 '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- Upson Corners) 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 Upson 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 Upson Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3617, Longitude: -76.2283 In this case, the coordinates for Upson Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.013 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.153 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.487 degrees. |
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