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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 Fraser, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fraser 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 Fraser:
    • 42.914506, -77.871118
    • 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 Fraser
  • 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Fraser is near Genesee County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Fraser

Communities Also Named Fraser ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Fraser.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Fraser.

Beyond New York, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Delaware County
      • This Fraser is located in Delaware County and lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Fraser.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Fraser lies 2,622 miles [4,219.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
    • Colorado
      • Grand County
      • This Fraser is located in Grand County and lies 1,454 miles [2,340 km]<1> to the west of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand County community of Fraser.
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater County
      • This Fraser is located in Clearwater County and lies 1,876 miles [3,019.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clearwater County community of Fraser.
      • Shoshone 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 Idaho community of Fraser [Shoshone County].
    • Illinois
      • Macon 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 Illinois community of Fraser [Macon County].
    • Iowa
      • Boone County
      • This Fraser is located in Boone County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the west of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Fraser.
    • Michigan
      • Macomb County
      • This Fraser is located in Macomb County and lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the west of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macomb County community of Fraser.
    • Nebraska
      • Phelps 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 Nebraska community of Fraser [Phelps County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Fraser lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Fraser that is located in Livingston County.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Fraser.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fraser ...

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.

  • Craigs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Craigs is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
  • Fowlerville
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
  • Garbutt
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
  • Harper Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harper Park is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Park
  • Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Junction is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
  • Le Roy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Limerock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Limerock is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
  • Littleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Littleville is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
  • Maxwell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxwell is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
  • Meadow Wood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Meadow Wood is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
  • Toggletown
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Toggletown is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
  • Tryons Corners
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
  • Union Corners
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Union Corners is located in Genesee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
  • Wheatland Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Wheatland Center is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Center

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

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

  • Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fraser 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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,761 miles [9,271.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,484 miles [10,435 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,360 miles [7,016.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fraser) 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 Fraser 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 Fraser 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 Fraser. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9145, Longitude: -77.8711       In this case, the coordinates for Fraser have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.089 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.293 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.466 degrees.