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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 Pilgrimport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pilgrimport 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 Pilgrimport:
- 43.096453, -76.969967
- 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 Pilgrimport
- 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 Wayne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
- Since Pilgrimport is near Ontario County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ontario County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 Pilgrimport
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pilgrimport ...
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.
- Clyde
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dublin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Dublin is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Fairville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Fairville is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairville
- Lock Berlin
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lock Berlin is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Berlin
- Lyons
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marbletown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Marbletown is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marbletown
- Mayo Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mayo Park is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Park
- Mud Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mud Mills is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Mills
- Noble Corner
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Noble Corner is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noble Corner
- Rose
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Pilgrimport 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 Pilgrimport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pilgrimport and extending to:
- Lyons, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pilgrimport to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 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 5,717 miles [9,200.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,439 miles [10,362.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,315 miles [6,944.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pilgrimport) 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 Pilgrimport 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 Pilgrimport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.0965, Longitude: -76.9700 In this case, the coordinates for Pilgrimport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.506 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.665 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.959 degrees. |
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