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We found four communities that are also named Collamer.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Collamer.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Located In New York ...
Monroe County
This Collamer is located in Monroe County and lies 89 miles [143.2 km]<1> to the west of the Collamer that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Collamer.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Indiana
Whitley County
This Collamer is located in Whitley County and lies 511 miles [822.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Collamer that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whitley County community of Collamer.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Collamer is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Collamer that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Collamer.
Pennsylvania
Chester 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 Collamer [Chester County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Collamer ...
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.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Collamer to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Collamer and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could drive a straight line from Collamer to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 294 miles [473.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,401 miles [10,301.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Collamer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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 Collamer 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.
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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 Collamer 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 Collamer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1048, Longitude: -76.0602 In this case, the coordinates for Collamer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.936 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.024 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.523 degrees.