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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 Fenton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fenton 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 Fenton:
- 42.573889, -78.992222
- 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 Fenton
- 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 Fenton is near Cattaraugus County and also Chautauqua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cattaraugus County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chautauqua 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 Fenton
Communities Also Named Fenton ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Fenton.
Within New York, the name Fenton is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- This Fenton is located in Etowah County and lies 695 miles [1,118.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Etowah County community of Fenton.
- Illinois
- Whiteside County
- This Fenton is located in Whiteside County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the west of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whiteside County community of Fenton.
- Indiana
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Fenton [Marion County].
- Iowa
- Kossuth County
- This Fenton is located in Kossuth County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<1> to the west of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kossuth County community of Fenton.
- Kansas
- Rush County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fenton [Rush County].
- Kentucky
- Trigg County
- This Fenton is located in Trigg County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trigg County community of Fenton.
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- This Fenton is located in Jefferson Davis Parish and lies 1,140 miles [1,834.7 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson Davis Parish community of Fenton.
- Michigan
- Genesee County
- This Fenton is located in Genesee County and lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Genesee County community of Fenton.
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- This Fenton is located in Hancock County and lies 1,016 miles [1,635.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Fenton.
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- This Fenton is located in Saint Louis County and lies 662 miles [1,065.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Fenton.
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fenton [Wood County].
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Fenton [Montgomery County].
- Saskatchewan
- This Fenton lies 1,416 miles [2,278.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- Tennessee
- Hancock County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Fenton [Hancock County].
- Wisconsin
- Ashland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Fenton [Ashland County].
- Wyoming
- Big Horn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Fenton [Big Horn County].
- Park County
- This Fenton is located in Park County and lies 1,479 miles [2,380.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fenton that is located in Erie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Park County community of Fenton.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fenton ...
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.
- Bagdad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bagdad is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagdad
- Balltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Balltown is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Cottage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cottage is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage
- Derby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Eden
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Eden Valley is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Valley
- Evans Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evans Center is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Center
- Highland-on-the-Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jerusalem Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerusalem Corners
- Lake View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- New Oregon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- New Oregon is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Oregon
- Silver Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunset Bay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sunset Bay is located in Chautauqua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Bay
How Far From Fenton to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fenton to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fenton and extending to:
- Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fenton to Buffalo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 265 miles [426.5 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 273 miles [439.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,820 miles [9,366.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,420 miles [7,113.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Fenton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Fenton 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. |
| <3> | 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 Fenton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Fenton 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 Fenton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5739, Longitude: -78.9922 In this case, the coordinates for Fenton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.824 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.068 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.14 degrees. |
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