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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 East Aurora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Aurora 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 East Aurora:
- 42.766690, -78.617184
- 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 East Aurora
- 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 East Aurora is near Wyoming County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 East Aurora
Communities Also Named East Aurora ...
We found one communities that are also named East Aurora.
Within New York, the name East Aurora is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named East Aurora in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Kane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of East Aurora [Kane County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Aurora ...
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.
- Blossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Blossom is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blossom
- Duells Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Duells Corner is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duells Corner
- Dutch Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dutch Hollow is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Hollow
- Ebenezer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Griffins Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Griffins Mills is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Mills
- Harris Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Harris Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Corners
- Loveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Loveland is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
- Orchard Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Porterville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Porterville is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porterville
- Spring Brook
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Spring Brook Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Town Line
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From East Aurora 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 village such as East Aurora to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Aurora and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Aurora to Buffalo, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 246 miles [395.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,797 miles [9,329.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,397 miles [7,076.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 East Aurora 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Aurora) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 East Aurora 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 East Aurora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7667, Longitude: -78.6172 In this case, the coordinates for East Aurora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.572 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.814 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.883 degrees. |
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