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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 Kendall Mills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kendall Mills and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Kendall Mills:
    • 43.298393, -77.995571
    • 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 Kendall Mills
  • 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Kendall Mills 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 Kendall Mills

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kendall Mills ...

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.

  • Childs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Childs is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs
  • Five Corners
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Five Corners is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
  • Harper Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Harper Park is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Park
  • Jones Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones Beach is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
  • Kent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Murray
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Point Breeze
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Point Breeze is located in Orleans County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Breeze
  • Redman Corners
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
  • Sandy Harbour Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Harbour Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Harbour Beach
  • Sweden Center
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
  • Troutburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Troutburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troutburg

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

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

  • Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kendall Mills to Rochester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 218 miles [350.8 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 307 miles [494.1 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 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- Kendall Mills) 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 Kendall Mills 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 Kendall Mills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2984, Longitude: -77.9956       In this case, the coordinates for Kendall Mills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.132 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.403 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.363 degrees.