Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Hill and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Hill
- 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 Fort Hill:
- 40.879265, -73.406509
- 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 Fort 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Fort Hill is near Nassau County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fort Hill ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Fort Hill.
There are three communities within New York that are also named Fort Hill.
Beyond New York, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Genesee County
- Ontario County
- Wayne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery 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 Fort Hill [Montgomery County].
- Somerset County
- This Fort Hill is located in Somerset County and lies 316 miles [508.6 km]<1> to the west of the Fort Hill that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Fort Hill.
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Caroline 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 Virginia community of Fort Hill [Caroline County].
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fort Hill [Henrico County].
- Lynchburg City
- This Fort Hill is located in Lynchburg City and lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Fort Hill that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lynchburg City community of Fort Hill.
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort 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.
- Centre Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centre Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Cove Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Crab Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Meadow
- Crab Meadow is located in Suffolk County
- Greenlawn
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Greenlawn is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenlawn <5>
- Half Hollow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hollow
- Half Hollow is located in Suffolk County
- Kings Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Park
- Kings Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Park <5>
- Laurel Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Little Plains
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plains
- Little Plains is located in Suffolk County
- Lloyd Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloyd Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
- Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
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- Locust Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
- Mill Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
- Mill Neck is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mill Neck <5>
- Muttontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muttontown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Oyster Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay
- Oyster Bay is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oyster Bay <5>
- Oyster Bay Cove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Bay Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
- Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
- Plainview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Plainview is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <5>
- Locust Grove
How Far From Fort Hill 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 Fort Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fort Hill and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Hill to Riverhead, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over 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 124 miles [199.6 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 235 miles [378.2 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,661 miles [9,110.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,244 miles [6,830.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Hill. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Suffolk County: www.co.suffolk.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Hill) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8793, Longitude: -73.4065 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Fort 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Fort Hill to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.569 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.123 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.328 degrees. |