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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 Crab Meadow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crab Meadow 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 Crab Meadow:
- 40.925098, -73.332061
- 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 Crab Meadow
- 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 Crab Meadow 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 Crab Meadow
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crab Meadow ...
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
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Cove Neck
(9 miles [14.5 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
- Deer Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Greenlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Half Hollow
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Half Hollow is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hollow
- Harborview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Harborview is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harborview
- Kings Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Laurel Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Little Plains is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plains
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lloyd Harbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- 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
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Oyster Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- 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
- Pine Aire
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine Aire is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Aire
- Round Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Round Beach is located in Fairfield County (CT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Beach
How Far From Crab Meadow 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 Crab Meadow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crab Meadow and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Crab Meadow to Riverhead, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two 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 121 miles [194.7 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 240 miles [386.2 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 5,656 miles [9,102.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,362 miles [10,238.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,239 miles [6,822 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crab Meadow) 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 Crab Meadow 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 Crab Meadow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9251, Longitude: -73.3321 In this case, the coordinates for Crab Meadow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.52 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.074 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.274 degrees. |
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