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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 Cold Spring Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor:
- 40.871487, -73.456788
- 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 Cold Spring Harbor
- 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 Cold Spring Harbor is near Nassau County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 Cold Spring Harbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cold Spring Harbor ...
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.
- Centre Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Cove Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Little Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Little Plains is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plains
- Lloyd Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Mill Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Muttontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Oyster Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
How Far From Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cold Spring Harbor and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 41 miles [66 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Cold Spring Harbor to Riverhead, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 233 miles [375 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,664 miles [9,115.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,246 miles [6,833.3 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cold Spring Harbor) 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 Cold Spring Harbor 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 Cold Spring Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8715, Longitude: -73.4568 In this case, the coordinates for Cold Spring Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.60 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.353 degrees. |
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