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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 Little Genesee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Little Genesee 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 Little Genesee:
- 42.026845, -78.206012
- 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 Little Genesee
- 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 Allegany County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
- Since Little Genesee is near McKean County and also Potter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McKean County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Potter 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 Little Genesee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Little Genesee ...
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.
- Clara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Clara is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Coneville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eleven Mile
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Eleven Mile is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Haymaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Haymaker is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haymaker
- Indian Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Indian Crossing is located in McKean County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Crossing
- Knight Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knight Creek is located in Allegany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knight Creek
- Main Settlement
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Main Settlement is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Main Settlement
- Pikeville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Richburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shinglehouse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Potter County (PA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Toll Gate Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toll Gate Corner is located in Cattaraugus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toll Gate Corner
How Far From Little Genesee 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 Little Genesee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Little Genesee and extending to:
- Belmont, which is the Seat of Allegany County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Little Genesee to Belmont, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 230 miles [370.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). 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 224 miles [360.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,812 miles [9,353.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,408 miles [7,094 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Little Genesee) 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 Little Genesee 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 Little Genesee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0268, Longitude: -78.2060 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.374 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.992 degrees. |
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