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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 Massapequa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Massapequa 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 East Massapequa:
- 40.673434, -73.436512
- 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 East Massapequa
- 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Since East Massapequa is near Suffolk County and also Queens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queens 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 East Massapequa
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Massapequa ...
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.
- Amityville
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deer Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freeport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Frontier Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Frontier Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Park
- Half Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Half Hollow is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hollow
- Harbor Green
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
- Hicksville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Maywood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Oak Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Plainedge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Salisbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Swedetown Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
How Far From East Massapequa 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 Massapequa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in East Massapequa and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Massapequa to Mineola, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 226 miles [363.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,375 miles [10,259.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,252 miles [6,842.9 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- East Massapequa) 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 East Massapequa 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 East Massapequa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6734, Longitude: -73.4365 In this case, the coordinates for East Massapequa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.136 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.435 degrees. |
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