Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Greigsville:
  • 42.830618, -77.896950
  • 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 Greigsville

• 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 Greigsville is near Wyoming County and also Genesee 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 Genesee 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 Greigsville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Greigsville ...

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.

• Buffalo Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
• Craigs
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Craigs is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
• Fowlerville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
• Littleville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Littleville is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
• Paines Corner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
• Pavilion
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pavilion is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pavilion <1>
• Pearl Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
• Pine Tavern
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
• Shaker Crossing
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
• Toggletown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Toggletown is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
• Tryons Corners
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
• Union Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Corners is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners

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

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

• Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Greigsville to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 275 miles [442.6 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 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,488 miles [10,441.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,364 miles [7,023.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'