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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 Black Creek Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Black Creek Village 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 Black Creek Village:
- 43.086445, -78.949763
- 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 Black Creek Village
- 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 Niagara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niagara County
- Since Black Creek Village is near Erie County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee 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 Black Creek Village
Communities Also Named Black Creek Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Black Creek Village.
Within New York, the name Black Creek Village is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Black Creek Village in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Black Creek Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Black Creek Village ...
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.
- Colonial Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Colonial Village is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Edgewater
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Escarpment
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Escarpment is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escarpment
- Falls View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ferry Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ferry Village is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
- Love Canal ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Love Canal is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Canal
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Martinsville is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Model City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sandy Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sandy Beach is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
- Sour Spring Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sour Spring Grove is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour Spring Grove
- Varsity Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Varsity Village is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
How Far From Black Creek Village 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 Black Creek Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Black Creek Village and extending to:
- Lockport, which is the Seat of Niagara County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Black Creek Village to Lockport, with an average speed<4> 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 305 miles [490.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,796 miles [9,327.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,399 miles [7,079.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 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 Black Creek Village 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Black Creek Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Black Creek Village 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 Black Creek Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0864, Longitude: -78.9498 In this case, the coordinates for Black Creek Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.756 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.072 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.911 degrees. |
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