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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 Mile-of-Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mile-of-Woods 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 Mile-of-Woods:
- 43.056729, -77.697503
- 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 Mile-of-Woods
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Mile-of-Woods is near Livingston County and also Ontario 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 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 Mile-of-Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mile-of-Woods ...
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.
- Cedar Swamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Swamp is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Swamp
- Chili Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chili Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili Center
- Coldwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Coldwater is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Garbutt
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Garbutt is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
- Henrietta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Manns Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
- Maplewood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maplewood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Martin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Rush
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Severance
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
How Far From Mile-of-Woods 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 Mile-of-Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mile-of-Woods and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Mile-of-Woods to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 289 miles [465.1 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 5,748 miles [9,250.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,347 miles [6,995.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mile-of-Woods) 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 Mile-of-Woods 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 Mile-of-Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0567, Longitude: -77.6975 In this case, the coordinates for Mile-of-Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.967 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.178 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.323 degrees. |
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