Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Langton Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Langton Corners and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Langton Corners

• 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 Langton Corners:
  • 43.099504, -78.184740
  • 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 Langton Corners

• 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
  • Since Langton Corners is near Orleans County and also Monroe 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 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:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Langton Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Langton Corners ...

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
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Alabama is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alabama
• Bushville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bushville is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bushville
• Cookville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cookville is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
• Eagle Harbor Station
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eagle Harbor Station is located in Orleans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Harbor Station
• Elba
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Elba is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elba <1>
• Five Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Five Corners is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Honest Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Honest Hill is located in Orleans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honest Hill
• Pumpkin Hill
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pumpkin Hill is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Hill
• Wheatville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Wheatville is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville
• Wheatville Station
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Wheatville Station is located in Genesee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville Station

How Far From Langton Corners 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 Langton Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies just to the South.
• Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Langton Corners to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 296 miles [476.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,366 miles [7,026.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'