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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 Big Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Big Tree 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 Big Tree:
- 42.769781, -78.811421
- 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 Big Tree
- 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Big Tree is near Genesee County and also Niagara 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 Niagara 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 Big Tree
Communities Also Named Big Tree ...
We found two communities that are also named Big Tree.
Within New York, the name Big Tree is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Mariposa County
- This Big Tree is located in Mariposa County and lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<1> to the west of the Big Tree that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mariposa County community of Big Tree.
- Pennsylvania
- Greene 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 Pennsylvania community of Big Tree [Greene County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Big Tree ...
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.
- Armor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Armor is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armor
- Clover Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clover Bank is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bank
- Creekside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Creekside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Duells Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duells Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duells Corner
- Ebenezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Eden Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Eden Valley is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Valley
- Forest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Glen is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Gardenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gardenville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville
- Loveland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loveland is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Orchard Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Water Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Big Tree 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 Big Tree to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Big Tree and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Big Tree to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Big Tree) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Big Tree 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 Big Tree 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 Big Tree. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7698, Longitude: -78.8114 In this case, the coordinates for Big Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.694 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.953 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.975 degrees. |
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