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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 Millers Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Millers Crossing 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 Millers Crossing:
- 42.810616, -78.169179
- 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 Millers Crossing
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since Millers Crossing is near Genesee County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Millers Crossing
Communities Also Named Millers Crossing ...
We found two communities that are also named Millers Crossing.
Within New York, the name Millers Crossing is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- This Millers Crossing is located in Sevier County and lies 1,063 miles [1,710.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Millers Crossing that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Millers Crossing.
- Maine
- York County
- This Millers Crossing is located in York County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the east of the Millers Crossing that is located in Wyoming County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Millers Crossing.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Millers Crossing ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Beehive Crossing is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beehive Crossing
- Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Dutch Flats
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dutch Flats is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Flats
- Halls Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Halls Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Corner
- Lambs Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Martinsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Martinsville is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
- Pearl Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Saltvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saltvale is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltvale
- Suicide Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Millers Crossing 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 Millers Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Millers Crossing and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 223 miles [358.9 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Millers Crossing 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 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,777 miles [9,297.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,377 miles [7,044.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Millers Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Millers Crossing 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 Millers Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8106, Longitude: -78.1692 In this case, the coordinates for Millers Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.286 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.498 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.652 degrees. |
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