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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 Honest Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honest Hill 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 Honest Hill:
- 43.145338, -78.065849
- 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 Honest Hill
- 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 Orleans County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans County
- Since Honest Hill is near Genesee County and also Monroe 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 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 Honest Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Honest Hill ...
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.
- Churchville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Elba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Five Corners
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Five Corners is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Hidden Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hidden Meadows is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Murray
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Murray is located in Orleans County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Pumpkin Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Pumpkin Hill is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
- Redman Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
- Stone Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stone Church is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Sweden Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
- Town Pump
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Town Pump is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Pump
How Far From Honest Hill 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 Honest Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Honest Hill and extending to:
- Albion, which is the Seat of Orleans County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Honest Hill to Albion, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 298 miles [479.6 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,483 miles [10,433.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,359 miles [7,015.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Honest Hill) 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 Honest Hill 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 Honest Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1453, Longitude: -78.0658 In this case, the coordinates for Honest Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.191 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.444 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.462 degrees. |
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