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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 Wolf Lake Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wolf Lake Landing 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 Wolf Lake Landing:
- 43.601179, -75.020168
- 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 Wolf Lake Landing
- 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 Herkimer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Herkimer County
- Since Wolf Lake Landing is near Oneida County and also Lewis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Oneida 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 Wolf Lake Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wolf Lake Landing ...
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.
- Big Moose
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Big Moose is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Moose
- Eagle Bay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Forestport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fowlersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fowlersville is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Inlet
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lyonsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lyonsdale is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyonsdale
- Minnehaha
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Minnehaha is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
- Mountain Lodge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Lodge is located in Herkimer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lodge
- Otter Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Otter Lake is located in Oneida County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otter Lake
How Far From Wolf Lake Landing 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 Wolf Lake Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Wolf Lake Landing and extending to:
- Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 39 miles [62.8 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Wolf Lake Landing to Herkimer, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 90 miles [144.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 341 miles [548.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,618 miles [9,041.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,338 miles [10,200 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,214 miles [6,781.8 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 from Point A (ie- Wolf Lake Landing) 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 Wolf Lake Landing 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 Wolf Lake Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6012, Longitude: -75.0202 In this case, the coordinates for Wolf Lake Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.229 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.311 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.799 degrees. |
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