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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 Johnson Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek:
- 43.245613, -78.515304
- 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 Johnson Creek
- 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 Niagara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niagara County
- Since Johnson Creek is near Orleans County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans 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 Johnson Creek
Communities Also Named Johnson Creek ...
We found two communities that are also named Johnson Creek.
Within New York, the name Johnson Creek is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Patrick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Johnson Creek [Patrick County].
- Wisconsin
- Jefferson County
- This Johnson Creek is located in Jefferson County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<2> to the west of the Johnson Creek that is located in Niagara County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Johnson Creek.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Johnson Creek ...
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.
- Alabama
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Alabama is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
- County Line
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- County Line is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for County Line
- Gasport
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Gilberts Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gilberts Corner is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilberts Corner
- Hartland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hartland is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Hickory Corners
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hickory Corners is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rapids
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rapids is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rapids
- Raymond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Raymond is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Shooktown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shooktown is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooktown
- Swifts Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Swifts Mills is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swifts Mills
- Terrys Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Terrys Corners is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrys Corners
How Far From Johnson Creek to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Johnson Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Johnson Creek and extending to:
- Lockport, which is the Seat of Niagara County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Johnson Creek to Lockport, with an average speed<4> 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 243 miles [391.1 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 309 miles [497.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,772 miles [9,289.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,498 miles [10,457.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,374 miles [7,039.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Johnson Creek 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Johnson Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Johnson Creek 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 Johnson Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2456, Longitude: -78.5153 In this case, the coordinates for Johnson Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.467 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.771 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.636 degrees. |
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