|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in East Bergen, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Bergen 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 Bergen:
- 43.110894, -77.934734
- 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 Bergen
- 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since East Bergen is near Monroe County and also Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Bergen
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Bergen ...
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.
- Churchville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Five Points
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hidden Meadows
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Meadows is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Honest Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Honest Hill is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honest Hill
- Pumpkin Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pumpkin Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
- Stone Church
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Stone Church is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Sweden Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
- Town Pump
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Town Pump is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Pump
How Far From East Bergen 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 East Bergen to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Bergen and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Bergen to Batavia, with an average speed<3> 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 213 miles [342.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,755 miles [9,261.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,479 miles [10,426.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,355 miles [7,008.7 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Bergen) 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 East Bergen 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 Bergen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1109, Longitude: -77.9347 In this case, the coordinates for East Bergen have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.111 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.349 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.414 degrees. |
|
|