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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 Fresh Pond, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fresh Pond 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 Fresh Pond:
    • 40.712707, -73.900638
    • 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 Fresh Pond
  • 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 Fresh Pond ...

We found four communities that share the name Fresh Pond.

There are two communities within New York that are also named Fresh Pond.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Kings County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fresh Pond [Kings County].
    • Suffolk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fresh Pond [Suffolk County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Fresh Pond is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,450 miles [3,942.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Fresh Pond that is located in Queens County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Fresh Pond.
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Fresh Pond [Middlesex County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fresh Pond ...

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.

  • Blissville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blissville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
    • Blissville is located in Queens County
  • City Line
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City Line have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line
    • City Line is located in Kings County
  • Cypress Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hills
    • Cypress Hills is located in Kings County
  • Fort Greene
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Greene
    • Fort Greene is located in Kings County
  • Fresh Pond Junction
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Pond Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Junction
    • Fresh Pond Junction is located in Queens County
  • Greenpoint
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
    • Greenpoint is located in Kings County
  • Long Island City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marcus Garvey Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marcus Garvey Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcus Garvey Village
    • Marcus Garvey Village is located in Kings County
  • Ozone Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ozone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone Park
    • Ozone Park is located in Queens County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozone Park <4>
  • Sunnyside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sunnyside Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Gardens
    • Sunnyside Gardens is located in Queens County
  • Woodside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)

How Far From Fresh Pond 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 Fresh Pond to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fresh Pond and extending to:

  • Jamaica, which is the Seat of Queens County, lies just to the East.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 134 miles [215.7 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Fresh Pond to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,689 miles [9,155.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,395 miles [10,291.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,272 miles [6,875.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fresh Pond 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.
<2>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- Fresh Pond) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fresh Pond. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7127, Longitude: -73.9006    
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Fresh Pond to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.881 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.448 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.618 degrees.




 

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