Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Glen Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Cove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Glen Cove
- 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 Glen Cove:
- 40.862738, -73.633897
- 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 Glen Cove
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Since Glen Cove is near Westchester County and also Bronx County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Westchester County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Glen Cove ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Glen Cove.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Glen Cove.
Beyond New York, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Maine
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Glen Cove [Harford County].
- Montgomery County
- This Glen Cove is located in Montgomery County and lies 225 miles [362.1 km]<2> to the southwest of the Glen Cove that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Glen Cove.
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Coleman County
- This Glen Cove is located in Coleman County and lies 1,566 miles [2,520.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Glen Cove that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coleman County community of Glen Cove.
- Galveston County
- This Glen Cove is located in Galveston County and lies 1,432 miles [2,304.6 km] to the west southwest of the Glen Cove that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Glen Cove.
- Virginia
- Washington
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Cove ...
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.
- Flower Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
- Glen Head
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Head
- Glen Head is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Head <5>
- Greenvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
- Locust Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Valley
- Locust Valley is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust Valley <5>
- Manorhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manorhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Mill Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- 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
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- 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>
- Sands Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
- Sands Point is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,802 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sands Point <5>
- Sea Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Cliff
- Sea Cliff is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sea Cliff <5>
How Far From Glen Cove to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Glen Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Glen Cove and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the South.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 124 miles [199.6 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Cove to Albany, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,672 miles [9,128.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,378 miles [10,264.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,254 miles [6,846.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Glen Cove: www.glencove-li.com/
The official website for Nassau County: www.nassaucountyny.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Glen Cove 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glen Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Glen Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8627, Longitude: -73.6339 |
| <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 Glen Cove, 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 Glen Cove 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 305.706 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.274 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.434 degrees. |