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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 North Wilson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Wilson 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 North Wilson:
- 43.309444, -78.761667
- 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 North Wilson
- 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 Niagara County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Niagara County
- Since North Wilson is near Orleans County and also Erie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erie 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 North Wilson
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Wilson ...
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.
- Hartland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hartland is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
- Hickory Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hickory Corners is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Corners
- Lockport
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Corners is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Corners
- Ransomville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Shooktown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Shooktown is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooktown
- Streeters Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Streeters Corners is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Streeters Corners
- Sunset Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sunset Beach is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Tryonville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Tryonville is located in Niagara County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryonville
How Far From North Wilson 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 North Wilson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Wilson and extending to:
- Lockport, which is the Seat of Niagara County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Wilson to Lockport, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 256 miles [412 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 317 miles [510.2 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,779 miles [9,300.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,382 miles [7,052.1 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- North Wilson) 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 North Wilson 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 North Wilson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3094, Longitude: -78.7617 In this case, the coordinates for North Wilson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.617 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.951 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.729 degrees. |
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