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 Eden Valley:
42.678948, -78.871978
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 Eden Valley
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:
We found four communities that are also named Eden Valley.
Within New York, the name Eden Valley is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Placer County
This Eden Valley is located in Placer County and lies 2,190 miles [3,524.5 km]<1> to the west of the Eden Valley that is located in Erie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Placer County community of Eden Valley.
Minnesota
Meeker County
This Eden Valley is located in Meeker County and lies 798 miles [1,284.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Eden Valley that is located in Erie County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Eden Valley.
Nebraska
Eden Valley #
This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=42.678948&lon=-78.871978&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Eden Valley.
New Mexico
Lea County
This community is historic<2> and although located in Lea County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lea County community of Eden Valley.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Eden Valley ...
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.
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 Eden Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Eden Valley and extending to:
Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Eden Valley 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 259 miles [416.8 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 278 miles [447.4 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 5,811 miles [9,351.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,411 miles [7,098.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Eden Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Eden Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Eden Valley 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 Eden Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6789, Longitude: -78.8720 In this case, the coordinates for Eden Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.74 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.99 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.041 degrees.