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 Chinatown:
40.716491, -73.996250
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 Chinatown
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 New York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found eleven communities that are also named Chinatown.
Within New York, the name Chinatown is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Alameda County
This Chinatown is located in Alameda County and lies 2,556 miles [4,113.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alameda County community of Chinatown.
Amador County
This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Chinatown [Amador County].
Mono County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Chinatown [Mono County].
San Francisco County
This Chinatown is located in San Francisco County and lies 2,563 miles [4,124.7 km] to the west northwest of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Francisco County community of Chinatown.
Santa Clara County
This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Chinatown [Santa Clara County].
Hawaii
This Chinatown lies 4,957 miles [7,977.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
Illinois
Cook County
This Chinatown is located in Cook County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km]<1> to the west of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Chinatown.
Madison County
This Chinatown is located in Madison County and lies 856 miles [1,377.6 km] to the west of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Chinatown.
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Although located in Suffolk County, we don't know the location within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Chinatown.
Montana
Beaverhead County
This Chinatown is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,987 miles [3,197.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Chinatown.
Nevada
Humboldt County
This Chinatown is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,324 miles [3,740.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Chinatown that is located in New York County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Chinatown.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chinatown ...
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.
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 Chinatown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chinatown and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Chinatown 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 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,693 miles [9,162 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,399 miles [10,298.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,276 miles [6,881.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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- Chinatown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chinatown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Chinatown 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 Chinatown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7165, Longitude: -73.9963 In this case, the coordinates for Chinatown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.937 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.512 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.658 degrees.