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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 West Rush, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Rush 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 West Rush:
- 42.976672, -77.699340
- 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 West Rush
- 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 West Rush is near Livingston County and also Ontario 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 Ontario 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 West Rush
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Rush ...
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.
- Cedar Swamp
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Swamp is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Swamp
- Garbutt
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Littleville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Littleville is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleville
- Manns Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Martin is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Maxwell
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Maxwell is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Meadow Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Meadow Wood is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Wood
- Mile-of-Woods
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mile-of-Woods is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile-of-Woods
- Rush
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Severance
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Toggletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Toggletown is located in Livingston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toggletown
- Wheatland Center
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wheatland Center is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland Center
How Far From West Rush 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 West Rush to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Rush and extending to:
- Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Rush to Rochester, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 200 miles [321.9 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 283 miles [455.4 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 5,751 miles [9,255.3 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 '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- West Rush) 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 West Rush 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 West Rush. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9767, Longitude: -77.6993 In this case, the coordinates for West Rush have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.975 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.175 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.358 degrees. |
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