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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 Ford Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ford Corner 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 Ford Corner:
- 42.975467, -77.527325
- 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 Ford Corner
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Ford Corner is near Ontario County and also Livingston 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 Livingston 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 Ford Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ford Corner ...
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.
- Bush Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bush Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Corner
- Cedar Swamp
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Swamp is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Swamp
- Egypt
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Egypt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Fishers
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Idaho
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Idaho is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho
- Manns Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Martin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Martin is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Rush
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Speakers Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Speakers Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speakers Corner
How Far From Ford Corner 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 Ford Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ford Corner and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ford Corner to Rochester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 191 miles [307.4 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 282 miles [453.8 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 5,745 miles [9,245.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,343 miles [6,989.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ford Corner) 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 Ford Corner 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 Ford Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9755, Longitude: -77.5273 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.867 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.053 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.277 degrees. |
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