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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 Town Pump, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Town Pump 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 Town Pump:
- 43.151728, -77.855287
- 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 Town Pump
- 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 Town Pump is near Genesee County and also Orleans 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 Orleans 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 Town Pump
Curious and Interesting Names Near Town Pump ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chili Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili Center
- Churchville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coldwater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Coldwater is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coldwater
- Elmgrove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Elmgrove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Gates Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Gates Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Center
- Greece
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hidden Meadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Hidden Meadows is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Meadows
- Maplewood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Maplewood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
- Redman Corners
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Redman Corners is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redman Corners
- Severance
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Severance is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Stone Church
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Stone Church is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Church
- Sweden Center
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Sweden Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweden Center
How Far From Town Pump 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 Town Pump to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Town Pump and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Town Pump 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 209 miles [336.4 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 296 miles [476.4 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 5,750 miles [9,253.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,350 miles [7,000.6 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Town Pump) 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 Town Pump 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 Town Pump. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1517, Longitude: -77.8553 In this case, the coordinates for Town Pump have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.057 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.295 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.358 degrees. |
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