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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 Clarendon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarendon and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Clarendon:
    • 43.193534, -78.064782
    • 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 Clarendon
  • 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 Orleans County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans County
    • Since Clarendon is near Monroe County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Clarendon

Communities Also Named Clarendon ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Clarendon.

Within New York, the name Clarendon is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe County
      • This Clarendon is located in Monroe County and lies 920 miles [1,480.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Clarendon.
    • Kansas
      • Barton 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 Clarendon [Barton County].
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • This Clarendon is located in Calhoun County and lies 352 miles [566.5 km]<1> to the west of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Clarendon.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Clarendon lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
    • North Carolina
      • Chatham 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 North Carolina community of Clarendon [Chatham County].
      • Columbus County
      • This Clarendon is located in Columbus County and lies 621 miles [999.4 km]<1> to the south of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbus County community of Clarendon.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren County
      • This Clarendon is located in Warren County and lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Clarendon.
    • Quebec
      • This Clarendon lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • This Clarendon is located in Anderson County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anderson County community of Clarendon.
    • Texas
      • Donley County
      • This Clarendon is located in Donley County and lies 1,344 miles [2,163 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Donley County community of Clarendon.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Clarendon is located in Rutland County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the east of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Clarendon.
    • Virginia
      • Arlington County
      • This Clarendon is located in Arlington County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the south of the Clarendon that is located in Orleans County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arlington County community of Clarendon.
    • Wisconsin
      • Saint Croix 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 Wisconsin community of Clarendon [Saint Croix County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarendon ...

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.

How Far From Clarendon 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 Clarendon to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Clarendon and extending to:

  • Albion, which is the Seat of Orleans County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 220 miles [354.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Clarendon to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south (S). 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 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 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- Clarendon) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Clarendon 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 Clarendon 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 Clarendon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1935, Longitude: -78.0648       In this case, the coordinates for Clarendon have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.186 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.446 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.441 degrees.