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 Rays Corners:
42.269783, -79.045596
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.
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 Cattaraugus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found two communities that share the name Rays Corners.
Within New York, the name Rays Corners is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Ohio
Ashtabula County
This Rays Corners is located in Ashtabula County and lies 97 miles [156.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Rays Corners that is located in Cattaraugus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashtabula County community of Rays Corners.
Trumbull County
This Rays Corners is located in Trumbull County and lies 113 miles [181.9 km] to the southwest of the Rays Corners that is located in Cattaraugus County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Rays Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rays 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.
Cherry Creek (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Rays Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rays Corners and extending to:
Little Valley, which is the Seat of Cattaraugus County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Rays Corners to Little Valley, 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 270 miles [434.5 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 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 255 miles [410.4 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,835 miles [9,390.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
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 from Point A (ie- Rays Corners) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rays Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2698, Longitude: -79.0456 In this case, the coordinates for Rays Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Rays Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.881 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.085 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.287 degrees.