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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 Cayuga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cayuga 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 Cayuga:
    • 31.956798, -95.975610
    • 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 Cayuga
  • 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 Anderson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Anderson County
    • Since Cayuga is near Henderson County and also Freestone County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henderson County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Freestone 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 Cayuga

Communities Also Named Cayuga ...

We found ten communities that are also named Cayuga.

Within Texas, the name Cayuga is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • This Cayuga is located in Livingston County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Cayuga.
    • Indiana
      • Vermillion County
      • This Cayuga is located in Vermillion County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermillion County community of Cayuga.
    • Kansas
      • Atchison 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 Kansas community of Cayuga [Atchison County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • This Cayuga is located in Hinds County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the east of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Cayuga.
    • Nebraska
      • Platte 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 Nebraska community of Cayuga [Platte County].
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • This Cayuga is located in Cayuga County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cayuga County community of Cayuga.
    • North Dakota
      • Sargent County
      • This Cayuga is located in Sargent County and lies 977 miles [1,572.3 km]<1> to the north of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sargent County community of Cayuga.
    • Oklahoma
      • Delaware County
      • This Cayuga is located in Delaware County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Cayuga.
    • Ontario
      • This Cayuga lies 1,161 miles [1,868.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
    • Wisconsin
      • Ashland County
      • This Cayuga is located in Ashland County and lies 1,025 miles [1,649.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Cayuga that is located in Anderson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashland County community of Cayuga.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cayuga ...

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.

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

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

  • Palestine, which is the Seat of Anderson County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cayuga to Palestine, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 156 miles [251.1 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,165 miles [1,874.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,996 miles [11,259 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,726 miles [12,433.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,603 miles [9,017.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cayuga) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Cayuga 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 Cayuga 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 Cayuga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9568, Longitude: -95.9756       In this case, the coordinates for Cayuga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.29 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.618 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.388 degrees.