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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 Pavilion, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pavilion 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 Pavilion:
- 42.876125, -78.022724
- 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 Pavilion
- 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since Pavilion is near Wyoming County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming 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 Pavilion
Communities Also Named Pavilion ...
We found three communities that are also named Pavilion.
Within New York, the name Pavilion is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- This Pavilion lies 2,106 miles [3,389.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pavilion that is located in Genesee County.
- Kansas
- Wabaunsee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pavilion [Wabaunsee County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- This Pavilion is located in Kalamazoo County and lies 381 miles [613.2 km]<1> to the west of the Pavilion that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalamazoo County community of Pavilion.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pavilion ...
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.
- Craigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Lambs Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Paines Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pearl Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Suicide Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Texaco Town
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Texaco Town is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
- Tryons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
- Union Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Union Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Wyoming
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Pavilion 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 Pavilion to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pavilion and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Pavilion to Batavia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 216 miles [347.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 279 miles [449 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,769 miles [9,284.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,368 miles [7,029.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pavilion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Pavilion 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. |
| <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 Pavilion 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 Pavilion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8761, Longitude: -78.0227 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.398 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.555 degrees. |
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