Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Idaho, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idaho and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Idaho
- 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 Idaho:
- 42.861731, -77.555551
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Idaho
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Livingston County
- Since Idaho is near Ontario County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Ontario County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Idaho ...
We found six communities that share the name Idaho.
Within New York, the name Idaho is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Indiana
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idaho ...
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.
- Bush Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bush Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush Corner
- Bush Corner is located in Ontario County
- Cedarcrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedarcrest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarcrest
- Cedarcrest is located in Livingston County
- Cluny Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cluny Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluny Point
- Cluny Point is located in Livingston County
- Ford Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
- Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
- Frost Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frost Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost Hollow
- Frost Hollow is located in Ontario County
- Glenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Gray Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Shores
- Gray Shores is located in Livingston County
- Graywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Hemlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hemlock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemlock
- Hemlock is located in Livingston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hemlock <4>
- Lakeville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Lakeville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeville <4>
- Mayweed Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayweed Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayweed Corner
- Mayweed Corner is located in Ontario County
- Pebble Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pebble Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Beach
- Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County
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- Sand Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Point
- Sand Point is located in Livingston County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sand Point <4>
- Speakers Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Speakers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speakers Corner
- Speakers Corner is located in Ontario County
- Tuxedo Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuxedo Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
- Tuxedo Park is located in Livingston County
- Willow Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Beach
- Willow Beach is located in Ontario County
- Sand Point
How Far From Idaho 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 Idaho to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idaho and extending to:
- Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Idaho to Geneseo, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,473 miles [10,417.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,349 miles [6,999 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Idaho. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Livingston County: www.co.livingston.state.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Idaho 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Idaho) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Idaho. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8617, Longitude: -77.5556 In this case, the coordinates for Idaho have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Idaho to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.896 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.067 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.339 degrees. |