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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 Cheshire, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cheshire 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 Cheshire:
- 42.821454, -77.327484
- 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 Cheshire
- 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 Ontario County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario County
- Since Cheshire is near Yates County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Cheshire
Communities Also Named Cheshire ...
We found seven communities that are also named Cheshire.
Within New York, the name Cheshire is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- This Cheshire is located in New Haven County and lies 243 miles [391.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Cheshire that is located in Ontario County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Cheshire.
- Kansas
- Morris 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 Cheshire [Morris County].
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- This Cheshire is located in Berkshire County and lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east of the Cheshire that is located in Ontario County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkshire County community of Cheshire.
- Michigan
- Allegan 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 Michigan community of Cheshire [Allegan County].
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- This Cheshire is located in Delaware County and lies 341 miles [548.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Cheshire that is located in Ontario County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Cheshire.
- Gallia County
- This Cheshire is located in Gallia County and lies 365 miles [587.4 km] to the southwest of the Cheshire that is located in Ontario County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallia County community of Cheshire.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- This Cheshire is located in Lane County and lies 2,273 miles [3,658 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cheshire that is located in Ontario County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of Cheshire.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cheshire ...
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.
- Cottage City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Crystal Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Crystal Beach is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Greens Landing
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greens Landing is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
- Mayweed Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Mayweed Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayweed Corner
- Pine Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Corners is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Corners
- Reed Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Roseland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Roseland Park is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park
- Rushville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Speakers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Speakers Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speakers Corner
- Vine Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
How Far From Cheshire 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 Cheshire to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cheshire and extending to:
- Canandaigua, which is the Seat of Ontario County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cheshire to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 271 miles [436.1 km] to the south (S). 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 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 from Point A (ie- Cheshire) 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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8215, Longitude: -77.3275 In this case, the coordinates for Cheshire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.757 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.903 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.248 degrees. |
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