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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 Arshamonaque, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arshamonaque 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 Arshamonaque:
- 41.089544, -72.390640
- 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 Arshamonaque
- 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Arshamonaque is near Middlesex County and also New London County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New London 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 Arshamonaque
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arshamonaque ...
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.
- Alewife Brook Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Beach is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
- Laughing Waters
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Laughing Waters is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laughing Waters
- Orient Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Orient Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orient Point
- Pine Neck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Neck is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Neck
- Rose Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rose Grove is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Grove
- Sag Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shelter Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Beach is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
How Far From Arshamonaque 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 Arshamonaque to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Arshamonaque and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arshamonaque to Riverhead, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 288 miles [463.5 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,610 miles [9,028.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,314 miles [10,161.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,191 miles [6,744.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arshamonaque) 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 Arshamonaque 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 Arshamonaque. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0895, Longitude: -72.3906 In this case, the coordinates for Arshamonaque have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.943 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.45 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.788 degrees. |
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