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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 Chace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chace 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 Chace:
- 42.665340, -78.065841
- 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 Chace
- 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 Chace is near Livingston County and also Allegany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany 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 Chace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chace ...
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.
- Hardys
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hardys is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardys
- Hermitage
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hermitage is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
- Lewis
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lewis is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Martinsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Martinsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Portageville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Ridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Rock Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Glen is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Silver Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sucker Brook
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
How Far From Chace 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 Chace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chace and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 218 miles [350.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Chace 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 265 miles [426.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,502 miles [10,464 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,378 miles [7,045.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chace) 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 Chace 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 Chace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6653, Longitude: -78.0658 In this case, the coordinates for Chace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.234 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.416 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.663 degrees. |
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