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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 East Garden City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Garden City 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 East Garden City:
    • 40.730833, -73.598056
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on East Garden City
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Curious and Interesting Names Near East Garden City ...

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.

  • Floral Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Flower Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
    • Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
  • Freeport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Garden City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,224 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <1>
  • Garden City Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Greenvale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
    • Greenvale is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenvale <1>
  • Hicksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
    • Hicksville is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hicksville <1>
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Nassau County
  • Mineola
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Oceanside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Plainedge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
    • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
  • Salisbury
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
    • Salisbury is located in Nassau County
  • Searingtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
    • Searingtown is located in Nassau County
  • Swedetown Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedetown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
    • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County

How Far From East Garden City 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 East Garden City to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in East Garden City and extending to:

  • Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 133 miles [214 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from East Garden City 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 221 miles [355.7 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 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Garden City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nassau County: www.nassaucountyny.gov/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>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- East Garden City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in East Garden City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7308, Longitude: -73.5981       In this case, the coordinates for East Garden City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 East Garden City to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.699 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.246 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.479 degrees.




 

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