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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 La Grange, we use the following websites to find information relevant to La Grange 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 La Grange:
- 42.801728, -78.013619
- 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 La Grange
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since La Grange is near Livingston County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 La Grange
Communities Also Named La Grange ...
We found twenty communities that are also named La Grange.
There are two communities within New York that are also named La Grange.
Beyond New York, we know of eighteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Dutchess 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 New York community of La Grange [Dutchess County].
- Orange County
- This La Grange is located in Orange County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the east southeast of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of La Grange.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of La Grange [Colbert County].
- California
- Stanislaus County
- This La Grange is located in Stanislaus County and lies 2,241 miles [3,606.5 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stanislaus County community of La Grange.
- Florida
- Brevard County
- This La Grange is located in Brevard County and lies 990 miles [1,593.3 km]<2> to the south of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brevard County community of La Grange.
- Illinois
- Brown County
- This La Grange is located in Brown County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of La Grange.
- Cook County
- This La Grange is located in Cook County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km] to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of La Grange.
- Kansas
- Morris County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Morris County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morris County community of La Grange.
- Kentucky
- Oldham County
- This La Grange is located in Oldham County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<2> to the southwest of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oldham County community of La Grange.
- Michigan
- Cass County
- This La Grange is located in Cass County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of La Grange.
- Missouri
- Lewis County
- This La Grange is located in Lewis County and lies 722 miles [1,161.9 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of La Grange.
- North Carolina
- Lenoir County
- This La Grange is located in Lenoir County and lies 517 miles [832 km]<2> to the south of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lenoir County community of La Grange.
- Ohio
- Lawrence 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 Ohio community of La Grange [Lawrence County].
- Tennessee
- Fayette County
- This La Grange is located in Fayette County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<2> to the southwest of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of La Grange.
- Texas
- Fayette County
- This La Grange is located in Fayette County and lies 1,369 miles [2,203.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of La Grange.
- Red River County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Red River County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Red River County community of La Grange.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 La Grange [Augusta County].
- King George County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of La Grange [King George County].
- Wisconsin
- Walworth County
- This La Grange is located in Walworth County and lies 536 miles [862.6 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walworth County community of La Grange.
- Wyoming
- Goshen County
- This La Grange is located in Goshen County and lies 1,334 miles [2,146.9 km]<2> to the west of the La Grange that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Goshen County community of La Grange.
Curious and Interesting Names Near La Grange ...
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.
- Buffalo Corners
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
- Craigs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Lambs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Paines Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pavilion
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Pearl Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Pine Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Saltvale
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sucker Brook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
- Tryons Corners
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
- Union Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Union Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From La Grange 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 La Grange to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in La Grange and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 215 miles [346 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from La Grange to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 274 miles [441 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 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,494 miles [10,451.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,370 miles [7,032.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'
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 La Grange 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 from Point A (ie- La Grange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about La Grange, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 La Grange 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 La Grange. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8017, Longitude: -78.0136 In this case, the coordinates for La Grange have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.388 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.581 degrees. |
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