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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 Teed Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Teed Corners 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 Teed Corners:
- 42.798673, -77.896394
- 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 Teed Corners
- 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 Teed Corners 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 Teed Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Teed 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.
- Buffalo Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
- Cottonwood Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood Cove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood Cove
- Craigs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Fowlerville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Long Point Cove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Long Point Cove is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point Cove
- Paines Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pavilion
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- 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
- Pine Tavern
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ridge is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge
- Shaker Crossing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
- Sucker Brook
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
- Tryons Corners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
- Union Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Union Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
How Far From Teed Corners 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 Teed Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Teed Corners and extending to:
- Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Teed Corners to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 273 miles [439.4 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 5,767 miles [9,281.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,490 miles [10,444.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,365 miles [7,024.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Teed Corners) 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 Teed Corners 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 Teed Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7987, Longitude: -77.8964 In this case, the coordinates for Teed Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.115 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.304 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.527 degrees. |
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