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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 Glenora, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenora 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 Glenora:
    • 42.496143, -76.916722
    • 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 Glenora
  • 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 Yates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
    • Since Glenora is near Schuyler County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Schuyler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 Glenora

Communities Also Named Glenora ...

We found eight communities that are also named Glenora.

Within New York, the name Glenora is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Glenora lies 2,546 miles [4,097.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
    • Kansas
      • Jewell 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 Kansas community of Glenora [Jewell County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Glenora lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • This Glenora is located in Harford County and lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<1> to the south of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Glenora.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Glenora lies 804 miles [1,293.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
    • Ontario
      • This Glenora lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the north of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler 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 Pennsylvania community of Glenora [Butler County].
    • Virginia
      • Spotsylvania County
      • This Glenora is located in Spotsylvania County and lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the south of the Glenora that is located in Yates County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spotsylvania County community of Glenora.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenora ...

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.

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

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

  • Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Glenora to Penn Yan, with an average speed<4> 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 160 miles [257.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 248 miles [399.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,335 miles [6,976.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Glenora) 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 Glenora 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 Glenora 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 Glenora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4961, Longitude: -76.9167       In this case, the coordinates for Glenora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.531 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.597 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.194 degrees.