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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 Macedon Center, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Macedon Center 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 Macedon Center:
- 43.094234, -77.320554
- 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 Macedon Center
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Macedon Center is near Monroe County and also Ontario County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario 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 Macedon Center
Curious and Interesting Names Near Macedon Center ...
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.
- Egypt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Egypt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
- Fairport
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fishers
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marion
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Nest
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owls Nest is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owls Nest
- Roseland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Roseland is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland
- Shortsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Union Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Yellow Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Macedon Center 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 Macedon Center to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Macedon Center and extending to:
- Lyons, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Macedon Center to Lyons, 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 182 miles [292.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 290 miles [466.7 km] to the south (S). 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 5,731 miles [9,223.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,454 miles [10,386.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,330 miles [6,968.5 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Macedon Center) 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 Macedon Center 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 Macedon Center. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0942, Longitude: -77.3206 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.726 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.913 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.127 degrees. |
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