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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 Wetmore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wetmore 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 Wetmore:
- 43.697847, -75.559073
- 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 Wetmore
- 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 Lewis County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lewis County
- Since Wetmore is near Oswego County and also Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Wetmore
Communities Also Named Wetmore ...
We found nine communities that are also named Wetmore.
Within New York, the name Wetmore is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Custer County
- This Wetmore is located in Custer County and lies 1,575 miles [2,534.7 km]<1> to the west of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Wetmore.
- Kansas
- Nemaha County
- This Wetmore is located in Nemaha County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the west of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nemaha County community of Wetmore.
- Michigan
- Alger County
- This Wetmore is located in Alger County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alger County community of Wetmore.
- Ohio
- Pike County
- This Wetmore is located in Pike County and lies 506 miles [814.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pike County community of Wetmore.
- Oregon
- Wheeler County
- This Wetmore is located in Wheeler County and lies 2,163 miles [3,481 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wheeler County community of Wetmore.
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- This Wetmore is located in McKean County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Wetmore.
- Tennessee
- McMinn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wetmore [McMinn County].
- Polk County
- This Wetmore is located in Polk County and lies 753 miles [1,211.8 km]<1> to the southwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Wetmore.
- Texas
- Bexar County
- This Wetmore is located in Bexar County and lies 1,589 miles [2,557.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Wetmore that is located in Lewis County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bexar County community of Wetmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wetmore ...
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.
- Bushes Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Bushes Landing is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushes Landing
- Dadville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dadville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dadville
- Harrisburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Harrisburg is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
- Hooker
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hooker is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
- Hoseville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hoseville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoseville
- Lowville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martinsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Michigan Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Michigan Mills is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Mills
- Otter Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Otter Creek is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Creek
- Page
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Page is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
How Far From Wetmore 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 Wetmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wetmore and extending to:
- Lowville, which is the Seat of Lewis County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 115 miles [185.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Wetmore to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 340 miles [547.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,636 miles [9,070.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,357 miles [10,230.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,233 miles [6,812.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Wetmore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Wetmore could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Wetmore 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 Wetmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6978, Longitude: -75.5591 In this case, the coordinates for Wetmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.555 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.693 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.012 degrees. |
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