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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 Attica Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Attica Center 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 Attica Center:
- 42.815616, -78.234459
- 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 Attica Center
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since Attica Center is near Genesee County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 Attica Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Attica Center ...
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.
- Beehive Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
- Dale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Dutch Flats
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Flats is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flats
- Halls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Lambs Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Martinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Millers Crossing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Millers Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossing
- Persons Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Persons Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Persons Corners
- Saltvale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Attica Center 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 Attica Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Attica Center and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 227 miles [365.3 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Attica Center to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,503 miles [10,465.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,379 miles [7,047.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Attica Center) 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 Attica Center 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 Attica Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8156, Longitude: -78.2345 In this case, the coordinates for Attica Center have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.327 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.545 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.681 degrees. |
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