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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 Forest Lawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Lawn 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 Forest Lawn:
- 43.248951, -77.503331
- 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 Forest Lawn
- 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 Forest Lawn is near Wayne County and also Ontario County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario 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 Forest Lawn
Communities Also Named Forest Lawn ...
We found four communities that are also named Forest Lawn.
Within New York, the name Forest Lawn is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Forest Lawn lies 1,774 miles [2,855 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Lawn that is located in Monroe County.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Forest Lawn is located in Harford County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Forest Lawn that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Forest Lawn.
- Michigan
- Wayne 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 Michigan community of Forest Lawn [Wayne County].
- Virginia
- Salem City
- This Forest Lawn is located in Salem City and lies 431 miles [693.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Forest Lawn that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem City community of Forest Lawn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Lawn ...
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.
- Charlotte
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Charlotte is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
- German Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- German Village is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
- Glen Edith
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Glen Edith is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Edith
- Glen Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
- Oklahoma Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Oklahoma Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Beach
- Rock Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rock Beach is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Beach
- Sea Breeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
- Summerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summerville is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Union Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From Forest Lawn 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 Forest Lawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest Lawn and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 193 miles [310.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Forest Lawn to Albany, with an average speed<4>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 301 miles [484.4 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,456 miles [10,389.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,332 miles [6,971.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Forest Lawn) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Forest Lawn 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> | 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 Forest Lawn 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 Forest Lawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2490, Longitude: -77.5033 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Lawn have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.826 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.05 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.148 degrees. |
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