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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 Country Club, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Country Club:
    • 40.839167, -73.819722
    • 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 Country Club
  • 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 Bronx County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bronx County
    • Since Country Club is near Queens County and also Nassau 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 Nassau 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 Country Club

Communities Also Named Country Club ...

We found six communities that are also named Country Club.

Within New York, the name Country Club is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lonoke County
      • This Country Club is located in Lonoke County and lies 1,079 miles [1,736.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Country Club that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Country Club.
    • California
      • San Joaquin County
      • This Country Club is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,512 miles [4,042.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Country Club that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Country Club.
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Country Club is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 1,093 miles [1,759 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Country Club that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Country Club.
    • Missouri
      • Andrew County
      • This Country Club is located in Andrew County and lies 1,105 miles [1,778.3 km]<1> to the west of the Country Club that is located in Bronx County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Andrew County community of Country Club.
      • Jackson 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 Missouri community of Country Club [Jackson County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Country Club [Hamilton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club ...

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.

  • Bird Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Bird Grove is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Grove
  • City Island
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • City Island is located in Bronx County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Island
  • Flushing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hunts Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Hunts Point is located in Bronx County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Point
  • Kings Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Locust Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Locust Point is located in Bronx County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Point
  • Residence Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Residence Park is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Residence Park
  • Rosedale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Rosedale is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
  • Saddle Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Silver Beach
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Silver Beach is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
    • Throggs Neck
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Throggs Neck is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Throggs Neck
    • Unionport
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Unionport is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionport
    • University Heights
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • University Heights is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
    • Woodlawn
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodlawn is located in Bronx County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
    • Woodside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Woodside is located in Westchester County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside

How Far From Country Club 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 Country Club to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Club and extending to:

  • Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the West.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Country Club to Albany, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southwest (SW). 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 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,263 miles [6,860.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Country Club) 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Country Club 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 Country Club 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 Country Club. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8392, Longitude: -73.8197       In this case, the coordinates for Country Club have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.819 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.398 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.526 degrees.