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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 Tryons Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tryons 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 Tryons Corners:
- 42.817284, -77.941673
- 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 Tryons 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 Tryons 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 Tryons Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Tryons 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Corners is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Corners
- Craigs
(3 miles [4.8 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 northeast)
- Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Lambs Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lambs Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lambs Corner
- Paines Corner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pavilion
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pearl Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Pine Tavern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Tavern is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Tavern
- Shaker Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shaker Crossing is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Crossing
- Sucker Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sucker Brook is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sucker Brook
- Union Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Corners
- Wyoming
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Tryons 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 Tryons 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 Tryons Corners and extending to:
- Geneseo, which is the Seat of Livingston County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Tryons 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 274 miles [441 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 5,768 miles [9,282.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Tryons 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 Tryons 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 Tryons Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8173, Longitude: -77.9417 In this case, the coordinates for Tryons Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.142 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.337 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.541 degrees. |
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