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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 Tavern, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pine Tavern and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Tavern:
    • 42.753764, -77.928848
    • 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 Tavern
  • 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 Livingston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston County
    • Since Pine Tavern is near Wyoming County and also Genesee 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 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 Pine Tavern

Communities Also Named Pine Tavern ...

We found one communities that are also named Pine Tavern.

Within New York, the name Pine Tavern is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Pine Tavern in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Jersey
      • Salem County
      • This Pine Tavern is located in Salem County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the southeast of the Pine Tavern that is located in Livingston County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salem County community of Pine Tavern.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pine Tavern ...

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.

  • Buffalo Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
  • Craigs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lambs Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
  • Paines Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
  • Pearl Creek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
  • Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ridge is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
  • Shaker Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
  • Silver Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Lake is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Sucker Brook
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
  • Tryons Corners
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners

How Far From Pine Tavern 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 Pine Tavern to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pine Tavern and extending to:

  • Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 211 miles [339.6 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Pine Tavern to Albany, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 270 miles [434.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,369 miles [7,031.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Tavern) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Tavern 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 Tavern. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7538, Longitude: -77.9288       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Tavern have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.14 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.325 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.561 degrees.