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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 Flower Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill:
- 40.807541, -73.675604
- 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 Flower Hill
- 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 Flower Hill is near Queens County and also Bronx 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 Bronx 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 Flower Hill
Communities Also Named Flower Hill ...
We found eight communities that are also named Flower Hill.
Within New York, the name Flower Hill is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- This Flower Hill is located in Lawrence County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Flower Hill.
- Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish
- This Flower Hill is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Flower Hill.
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- This Flower Hill is located in Montgomery County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Flower Hill.
- Mississippi
- Warren 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 Mississippi community of Flower Hill [Warren County].
- North Carolina
- Randolph 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 North Carolina community of Flower Hill [Randolph County].
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Flower Hill [Delaware County].
- Texas
- Bastrop County
- This Flower Hill is located in Bastrop County and lies 1,510 miles [2,430.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Flower Hill that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Flower Hill.
- Colorado County
- Although located in Colorado County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Colorado County community of Flower Hill.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flower Hill ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bird Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Grove
- Garden City Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Glen Head
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Great Neck
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Greenvale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kings Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Little Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Manorhaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Mineola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Parsons Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Parsons Beach is located in Queens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Beach
- Saddle Rock
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sands Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Searingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- University Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- University Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
How Far From Flower Hill to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Flower Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Flower Hill and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Flower Hill 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 221 miles [355.7 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 5,676 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 4,258 miles [6,852.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Flower Hill) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8075, Longitude: -73.6756 In this case, the coordinates for Flower Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.737 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.30 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.478 degrees. |
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