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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 Genesee West, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Genesee West 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 Genesee West:
- 43.001667, -78.146389
- 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 Genesee West
- 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since Genesee West is near Wyoming County and also Orleans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans 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 Genesee West
Curious and Interesting Names Near Genesee West ...
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.
- Bushville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Bushville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Le Roy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Little Canada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Canada is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Canada
- Pumpkin Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pumpkin Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
- Suicide Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Texaco Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Texaco Town is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
How Far From Genesee West 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 Genesee West to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Genesee West and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies just to the West.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Genesee West to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,368 miles [7,029.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Genesee West) 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 Genesee West 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 Genesee West. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0017, Longitude: -78.1464 In this case, the coordinates for Genesee West have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.255 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.493 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.561 degrees. |
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