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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 Crystal Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crystal Beach 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 Crystal Beach:
    • 42.813677, -77.263592
    • 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 Crystal Beach
  • 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 Crystal Beach is near Yates County and also Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Crystal Beach

Communities Also Named Crystal Beach ...

We found ten communities that are also named Crystal Beach.

Within New York, the name Crystal Beach is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Pinellas County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Pinellas County and lies 1,062 miles [1,709.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinellas County community of Crystal Beach.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 261 miles [420 km]<1> to the south of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Crystal Beach.
      • Cecil 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 Maryland community of Crystal Beach [Cecil County].
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Branch County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the west of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Branch County community of Crystal Beach.
      • Van Buren County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Van Buren County and lies 460 miles [740.3 km] to the west of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Crystal Beach.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Crystal Beach lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
    • Ontario
      • This Crystal Beach lies 187 miles [300.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Galveston County and lies 1,332 miles [2,143.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Crystal Beach.
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • This Crystal Beach is located in Rutland County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Crystal Beach that is located in Ontario County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Crystal Beach.
    • Virginia
      • Accomack 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 Virginia community of Crystal Beach [Accomack County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crystal Beach ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cottage City is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
  • Greens Landing
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greens Landing is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
  • Mayweed Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Mayweed Corner is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayweed Corner
  • Mead Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mead Corner is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Corner
  • Middlesex
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Pine Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pine Corners is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Corners
  • Reed Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
  • Roseland Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Roseland Park is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park
  • Rushville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Vine Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
  • Williams Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Williams Corner is located in Yates County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner

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

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

  • Canandaigua, which is the Seat of Ontario County, lies just to the North.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Crystal Beach 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 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 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 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,338 miles [6,981.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crystal Beach) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Crystal Beach 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 Crystal Beach 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 Crystal Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8137, Longitude: -77.2636       In this case, the coordinates for Crystal Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.717 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.858 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.221 degrees.