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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 Pine Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Corners 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 Pine Corners:
- 42.749233, -77.256646
- 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 Pine Corners
- 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 Yates County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Yates County
- Since Pine Corners is near Ontario County and also Steuben 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 Steuben 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 Pine Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Corners ...
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.
- Cottage City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Crystal Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crystal Beach is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Beach
- Greens Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Greens Landing is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Landing
- Middlesex
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Potter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Reed Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Reed Corners is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Corners
- Rushville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Vine Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Vine Valley is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
- Williams Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Williams Corner is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Corner
How Far From Pine Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Pine Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pine Corners and extending to:
- Penn Yan, which is the Seat of Yates County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pine Corners to Penn Yan, with an average speed<3> 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 177 miles [284.9 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 266 miles [428.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,743 miles [9,242.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,465 miles [10,404.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,340 miles [6,984.6 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- Pine Corners) 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 Pine Corners 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 Pine Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7492, Longitude: -77.2566 In this case, the coordinates for Pine Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.85 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.245 degrees. |
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