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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 Glenwood Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glenwood Landing 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 Glenwood Landing:
- 40.828034, -73.640230
- 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 Glenwood Landing
- 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 Glenwood Landing 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 Glenwood Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glenwood Landing ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
- Glen Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Glen Head
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Great Neck Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Greenvale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kings Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Manorhaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Sands Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Cliff
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Searingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
How Far From Glenwood Landing 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 Glenwood Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Glenwood Landing 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 126 miles [202.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Glenwood Landing to Albany, with an average speed<3>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 223 miles [358.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,256 miles [6,849.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Glenwood Landing) 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 Glenwood Landing 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 Glenwood Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8280, Longitude: -73.6402 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.713 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.277 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.453 degrees. |
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