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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 Union Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Union 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 Union Corners:
- 42.895061, -77.979454
- 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 Union 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 Genesee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Genesee County
- Since Union Corners is near Livingston County and also Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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 Union Corners
Communities Also Named Union Corners ...
We found four communities that are also named Union Corners.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Union Corners.
Beyond New York, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Livingston County
- This Union Corners is located in Livingston County and lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Union Corners that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Union Corners.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Caroline County
- This Union Corners is located in Caroline County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Union Corners that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Union Corners.
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Union Corners [Oakland County].
- Ohio
- Darke County
- This Union Corners is located in Darke County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Union Corners that is located in Genesee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Darke County community of Union Corners.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Union 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.
- Craigs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Craigs is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigs
- Fowlerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fowlerville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlerville
- Harper Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Harper Park is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper Park
- Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Junction is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Le Roy
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Limerock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Limerock is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
- Paines Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paines Corner is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paines Corner
- Pavilion
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pearl Creek is located in Wyoming County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl Creek
- Suicide Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Suicide Corners is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suicide Corners
- Texaco Town
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Texaco Town is located in Genesee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texaco Town
- Tryons Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tryons Corners is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tryons Corners
How Far From Union Corners 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 Union Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Union Corners and extending to:
- Batavia, which is the Seat of Genesee County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Union Corners to Batavia, with an average speed<4> 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 214 miles [344.4 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 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 280 miles [450.6 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,766 miles [9,279.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- 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).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Union Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Union Corners could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Union 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 Union Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8951, Longitude: -77.9795 In this case, the coordinates for Union Corners have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.159 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.369 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.526 degrees. |
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