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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 Mumford, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mumford 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 Mumford:
- 42.992438, -77.860538
- 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 Mumford
- 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 Mumford is near Livingston County and also Genesee 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 Genesee 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 Mumford
Communities Also Named Mumford ...
We found four communities that are also named Mumford.
Within New York, the name Mumford is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Barber County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mumford [Barber County].
- Missouri
- Greene County
- This Mumford is located in Greene County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Mumford that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Mumford.
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mumford.
- Texas
- Robertson County
- This Mumford is located in Robertson County and lies 1,330 miles [2,140.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Mumford that is located in Monroe County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Robertson County community of Mumford.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mumford ...
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.
- Churchville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Fowlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Garbutt
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harper Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harper Park is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Park
- Hidden Meadows
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Meadows is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Le Roy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Limerock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maxwell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Maxwell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Meadow Wood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Meadow Wood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Severance
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Stone Church
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Stone Church is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Toggletown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Toggletown is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
- Wheatland Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wheatland Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Center
How Far From Mumford 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 Mumford to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mumford and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mumford to Rochester, with an average speed<4> 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 208 miles [334.7 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 285 miles [458.7 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,757 miles [9,265 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,481 miles [10,430.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,357 miles [7,011.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Mumford could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mumford) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mumford 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 Mumford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9924, Longitude: -77.8605 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.075 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.29 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.428 degrees. |
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