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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 Woods Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woods Corners and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Woods Corners:
    • 42.862016, -75.191551
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Woods Corners
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Woods Corners ...

We found two communities that share the name Woods Corners.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Woods Corners.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Woods Corners in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Chenango County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Woods Corners [Chenango County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Ionia County
      • This Woods Corners is located in Ionia County and lies 499 miles [803.1 km]<2> to the west of the Woods Corners that is located in Herkimer County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ionia County community of Woods Corners.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Woods 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.

  • Cedar Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Lake
    • Cedar Lake is located in Herkimer County
  • Cedarville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
    • Cedarville is located in Herkimer County
  • Clayville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clayville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayville
    • Clayville is located in Oneida County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayville <4>
  • Days Corners
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Days Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Days Corners
    • Days Corners is located in Herkimer County
  • Dogtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dogtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
    • Dogtown is located in Otsego County
  • Greens Crossing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greens Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Crossing
    • Greens Crossing is located in Oneida County
  • Guideboard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guideboard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guideboard
    • Guideboard is located in Madison County
  • Hitching Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hitching Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hitching Corner
    • Hitching Corner is located in Herkimer County
  • Leonardsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonardsville
    • Leonardsville is located in Madison County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonardsville <4>
  • Lloydsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloydsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville
    • Lloydsville is located in Otsego County
  • Pecktown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecktown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecktown
    • Pecktown is located in Otsego County

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Woods Corners and extending to:

  • Herkimer, which is the Seat of Herkimer County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Woods Corners to Herkimer, with an average speed<5> 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 73 miles [117.5 km] to the east (E). 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,655 miles [9,100.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,373 miles [10,256.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,248 miles [6,836.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Corners. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Herkimer County: www.herkimercounty.org/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Woods Corners 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woods Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Woods Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8620, Longitude: -75.1916       In this case, the coordinates for Woods Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Woods Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.424 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 302.408 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.224 degrees.




 

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