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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 Havens Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Havens Corner 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 Havens Corner:
- 42.717291, -77.089137
- 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 Havens Corner
- 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 Havens Corner is near Ontario County and also Seneca 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 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 Havens Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Havens Corner ...
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.
- Friend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Friend is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
- Hall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mays Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mays Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Mills
- Mead Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mead Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mead Corner
- Pine Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pine Corners is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Corners
- Potter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Rushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Second Milo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Second Milo is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Second Milo
- Stanley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Williams Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Williams Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
- Willow Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
How Far From Havens Corner to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Havens Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Havens Corner and extending to:
- Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Havens Corner to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 263 miles [423.3 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,738 miles [9,234.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,334 miles [6,974.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Havens Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Havens Corner 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 Havens Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7173, Longitude: -77.0891 In this case, the coordinates for Havens Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.618 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.73 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.18 degrees. |
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