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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 Atlantic Beach Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Atlantic Beach Estates 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 Atlantic Beach Estates:
- 40.586667, -73.711389
- 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 Atlantic Beach Estates
- 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Since Atlantic Beach Estates is near Queens County and also Kings County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queens County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kings 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 Atlantic Beach Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Atlantic Beach Estates ...
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.
- Far Rockaway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Green Acres is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor Isle
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isle
- Holland
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Island Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Island Park is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Long Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ocean Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ocean Point is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
- Oceanside
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Point Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Rockaway Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rosedale
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Seaside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Seaside is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaside
- Valley Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Wave Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Wave Crest is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wave Crest
How Far From Atlantic Beach Estates 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 Atlantic Beach Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Atlantic Beach Estates and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Atlantic Beach Estates to Mineola, 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 142 miles [228.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 211 miles [339.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,391 miles [10,285.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,268 miles [6,868.7 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- Atlantic Beach Estates) 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 Atlantic Beach Estates 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 Atlantic Beach Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5867, Longitude: -73.7114 In this case, the coordinates for Atlantic Beach Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.782 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.593 degrees. |
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