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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 Sawens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sawens 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 Sawens:
- 42.928074, -78.354229
- 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 Sawens
- 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 Sawens is near Wyoming County and also Erie 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 Erie 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 Sawens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sawens ...
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.
- Brick House Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Brick House Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brick House Corners
- Bushville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cookville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Cookville is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookville
- Fargo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Fargo is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargo
- Indian Falls
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Longwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Longwood is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Peters Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Peters Corners is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Corners
- Sand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sand Ridge is located in Erie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Ridge
- Wheatville Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Wheatville Station is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatville Station
How Far From Sawens 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 Sawens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Sawens and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Sawens to Batavia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 233 miles [375 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 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 286 miles [460.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,780 miles [9,302 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,504 miles [10,467.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,380 miles [7,048.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sawens) 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 Sawens 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 Sawens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9281, Longitude: -78.3542 In this case, the coordinates for Sawens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.392 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.637 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.691 degrees. |
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