Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Greece:
  • 43.209602, -77.693707
  • 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 Greece

• 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 Greece is near Genesee County and also Orleans 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 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 Greece

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greece ...

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.

• Charlotte
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
• Coldwater
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Coldwater is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Crescent Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Crescent Beach is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Beach
• Elmgrove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmgrove is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
• Gates Center
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gates Center is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Center
• Island Cottage Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Island Cottage Beach is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Cottage Beach
• Lincoln Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lincoln Park is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
• Mount Read
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Read is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read
• Rock Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rock Beach is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Beach
• Summerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Greece and extending to:

• Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Greece to Albany, with an average speed<2>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 299 miles [481.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,741 miles [9,239.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,341 miles [6,986.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'