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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 Deonundaga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deonundaga 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 Deonundaga:
- 42.769444, -78.811111
- 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 Deonundaga
- 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 Erie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie County
- Since Deonundaga is near Genesee County and also Niagara County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niagara 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 Deonundaga
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deonundaga ...
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.
- Armor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Armor is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armor
- Big Tree
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Big Tree is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Tree
- Clover Bank
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Clover Bank is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Bank
- Creekside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Creekside is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
- Duells Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Duells Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duells Corner
- Ebenezer
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ebenezer is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Forest Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Glen is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glen
- Orchard Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Water Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Water Valley is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
- Woodlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Deonundaga to ...
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 Deonundaga to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Deonundaga and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 256 miles [412 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Deonundaga to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,804 miles [9,340.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,405 miles [7,089.2 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Deonundaga) 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 Deonundaga 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 Deonundaga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7694, Longitude: -78.8111 In this case, the coordinates for Deonundaga have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.694 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.952 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.975 degrees. |
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