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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 Bay Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony:
- 40.629547, -73.595406
- 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 Bay Colony
- 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 Bay Colony is near Queens County and also Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 Bay Colony
Communities Also Named Bay Colony ...
We found four communities that are also named Bay Colony.
Within New York, the name Bay Colony is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Bay Colony is located in Sussex County and lies 163 miles [262.3 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bay Colony that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Bay Colony.
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Bay Colony [Cook County].
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- This Bay Colony is located in Worcester County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bay Colony that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Bay Colony.
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach City
- This Bay Colony is located in Virginia Beach City and lies 289 miles [465.1 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Bay Colony that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Virginia Beach City community of Bay Colony.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bay Colony ...
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.
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Green Acres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
- Harbor Isle
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isle
- Island Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Island Park is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Long Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ocean Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ocean Point is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Point
- Oceanside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Point Lookout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Valley Stream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bay Colony and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Bay Colony to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 218 miles [350.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,680 miles [9,141.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,384 miles [10,274.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,261 miles [6,857.4 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 from Point A (ie- Bay Colony) 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 Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony 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 Bay Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6295, Longitude: -73.5954 In this case, the coordinates for Bay Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.709 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.24 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.524 degrees. |
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