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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 Lambs Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lambs Corner 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 Lambs Corner:
    • 42.818394, -78.076955
    • 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 Lambs Corner
  • 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 Lambs Corner ...

We found four communities that share the name Lambs Corner.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Lambs Corner.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Albany County
      • This Lambs Corner is located in Albany County and lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<1> to the east of the Lambs Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Albany County community of Lambs Corner.
    • Broome County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lambs Corner [Broome County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • This Lambs Corner is located in Kennebec County and lies 440 miles [708.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Lambs Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kennebec County community of Lambs Corner.
    • North Carolina
      • Camden County
      • This Lambs Corner is located in Camden County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Lambs Corner that is located in Wyoming County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Lambs Corner.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lambs Corner ...

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.

  • Beehive Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beehive Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
    • Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
  • Buffalo Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
    • Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
  • Dale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Millers Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millers Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Crossing
    • Millers Crossing is located in Wyoming County
  • Paines Corner
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paines Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
    • Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
  • Pavilion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pearl Creek
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
    • Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
  • Saltvale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
    • Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
  • Sucker Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sucker Brook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
    • Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
  • Wyoming
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)

How Far From Lambs Corner 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 Lambs Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lambs Corner and extending to:

  • Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Lambs Corner 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 276 miles [444.2 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 5,773 miles [9,290.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,496 miles [10,454.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,372 miles [7,036.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lambs Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Lambs Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lambs Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8184, Longitude: -78.0770       In this case, the coordinates for Lambs Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Lambs Corner 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.
<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 Lambs Corner 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 308.227 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.433 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.605 degrees.




 

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