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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 Spragues Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Spragues Corner 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 Spragues Corner:
- 42.848672, -78.027232
- 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 Spragues Corner
- 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 Wyoming County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wyoming County
- Since Spragues Corner is near Genesee County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Spragues Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Spragues Corner ...
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 south)
- Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
- Craigs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Lambs Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Paines Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pavilion
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Pearl Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Suicide Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Texaco Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Texaco Town is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
- Tryons Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
- Union Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Union Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Wyoming
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Spragues Corner 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 Spragues Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Spragues Corner and extending to:
- Warsaw, which is the Seat of Wyoming County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Spragues Corner to Warsaw, with an average speed<3> 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 216 miles [347.6 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 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 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,493 miles [10,449.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- 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).<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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spragues Corner) 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 Spragues Corner 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 Spragues Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8487, Longitude: -78.0272 In this case, the coordinates for Spragues Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.193 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.40 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.568 degrees. |
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