Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Golah, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golah and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Golah

• 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 Golah:
  • 42.970340, -77.716114
  • 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 Golah

• 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 Golah is near Livingston County and also Ontario County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Golah

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golah ...

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.

• Cedar Swamp
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Swamp is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Swamp
• Garbutt
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
• Littleville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Littleville is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
• Manns Corner
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
• Martin
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Martin is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
• Maxwell
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Maxwell is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Meadow Wood
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Meadow Wood is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
• Mile-of-Woods
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mile-of-Woods is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile-of-Woods
• Rush
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Rush is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush <1>
• Severance
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Severance is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
• Toggletown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Toggletown is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
• Wheatland Center
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Wheatland Center is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Center

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Golah and extending to:

• Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Golah to Rochester, with an average speed<3> 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 201 miles [323.5 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,752 miles [9,256.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'