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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 Graywood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Graywood 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 Graywood:
- 42.812286, -77.714722
- 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 Graywood
- 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 Graywood is near Ontario County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario 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 Graywood
Communities Also Named Graywood ...
We found two communities that are also named Graywood.
Within New York, the name Graywood is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Cleveland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Graywood [Cleveland County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Graywood lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Graywood that is located in Livingston County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Graywood ...
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.
- Cedarcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Cedarcrest is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cluny Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cluny Point is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluny Point
- Eagle Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Eagle Point is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
- Gray Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Gray Shores is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Shores
- Lakeville
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Long Point Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Long Point Cove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Cove
- Pebble Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
- Sand Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tuxedo Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Tuxedo Park is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
How Far From Graywood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Graywood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Graywood and extending to:
- Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the West.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Graywood 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 272 miles [437.7 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 5,759 miles [9,268.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Graywood 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. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Graywood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Graywood 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 Graywood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8123, Longitude: -77.7147 In this case, the coordinates for Graywood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.00 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.176 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.435 degrees. |
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