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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 Fowlerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fowlerville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Fowlerville:
    • 42.602283, -78.716695
    • 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 Fowlerville
  • 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 Fowlerville is near Cattaraugus County and also Wyoming 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 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 Fowlerville

Communities Also Named Fowlerville ...

We found four communities that are also named Fowlerville.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Fowlerville.

Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Livingston County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Livingston County and lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fowlerville that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Fowlerville.
    • Sullivan County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Sullivan County and lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fowlerville that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sullivan County community of Fowlerville.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Livingston County
      • This Fowlerville is located in Livingston County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the west of the Fowlerville that is located in Erie County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Fowlerville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Fowlerville #1
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=42.602283&lon=-78.716695&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Fowlerville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fowlerville ...

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.

  • Armor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Armor is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armor
  • Boston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Creekside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Creekside is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
  • Duells Corner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Duells Corner is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duells Corner
  • Eden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Eden Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden Valley is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Valley
  • Griffins Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Griffins Mills is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Mills
  • Holland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Loveland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Loveland is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveland
  • New Oregon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • New Oregon is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Oregon
  • Patchin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Patchin is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchin
  • Water Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Water Valley is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
  • Woodside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Woodside is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Fowlerville 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 Fowlerville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fowlerville and extending to:

  • Buffalo, which is the Seat of Erie County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fowlerville to Buffalo, with an average speed<3> 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 251 miles [403.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,808 miles [9,347.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,532 miles [10,512.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fowlerville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Fowlerville 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 Fowlerville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.6023, Longitude: -78.7167       In this case, the coordinates for Fowlerville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.648 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.874 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.998 degrees.