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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 Groveland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Groveland 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 Groveland:
- 42.740643, -77.758771
- 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 Groveland
- 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since East Groveland is near Ontario County and also Wyoming County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Groveland
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Groveland ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cedarcrest is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cottonwood Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Cove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cove
- Cottonwood Point
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cottonwood Point is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Point
- Eagle Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Eagle Point is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Foots Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gray Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Shores is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Shores
- Graywood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Graywood is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graywood
- Groveland
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Groveland Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Groveland Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland Corners
- Long Point Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Long Point Cove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Cove
- Maple Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Shaker Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
- Sunny Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Shores is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Shores
- Union Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Union Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
How Far From East Groveland 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 East Groveland 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 Groveland and extending to:
- Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from East Groveland to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 268 miles [431.3 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,764 miles [9,276.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,486 miles [10,438.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,362 miles [7,020 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- East Groveland) 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 Groveland 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 Groveland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7406, Longitude: -77.7588 In this case, the coordinates for East Groveland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.034 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.204 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.486 degrees. |
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