Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in South Chili, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Chili and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for South Chili

• 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 South Chili:
  • 43.053951, -77.781117
  • 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 South Chili

• 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
  • Since South Chili is near Livingston County and also Genesee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 South Chili

Curious and Interesting Names Near South Chili ...

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.

• Chili Center
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Chili Center is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili Center
• Churchville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Churchville is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Churchville <1>
• Coldwater
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Coldwater is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
• Five Points
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Five Points is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
• Garbutt
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
• Manns Corner
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
• Maplewood
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Maplewood is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
• Martin
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
• Maxwell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Maxwell is located in Livingston County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
• Mile-of-Woods
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mile-of-Woods is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile-of-Woods
• Severance
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Severance is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
• Wheatland Center
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wheatland Center is located in Monroe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Center

How Far From South Chili to ...

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 South Chili to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Chili and extending to:

• Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from South Chili to Rochester, 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 205 miles [329.9 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 8 days and walking would take 12 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 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,475 miles [10,420.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,351 miles [7,002.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'