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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 Greenlawn, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn:
- 40.869109, -73.365054
- 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 Greenlawn
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Greenlawn is near Nassau County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Greenlawn
Communities Also Named Greenlawn ...
We found seven communities that are also named Greenlawn.
Within New York, the name Greenlawn is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Wicomico County
- This Greenlawn is located in Wicomico County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Greenlawn that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wicomico County community of Greenlawn.
- Missouri
- Ralls County
- This Greenlawn is located in Ralls County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the west of the Greenlawn that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ralls County community of Greenlawn.
- Ohio
- Butler County
- This Greenlawn is located in Butler County and lies 595 miles [957.6 km]<1> to the west of the Greenlawn that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Greenlawn.
- Franklin 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 Ohio community of Greenlawn [Franklin County].
- South Carolina
- Richland 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 South Carolina community of Greenlawn [Richland County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- This Greenlawn is located in Shelby County and lies 978 miles [1,573.9 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Greenlawn that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Greenlawn.
- Wilson County
- This Greenlawn is located in Wilson County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km] to the west southwest of the Greenlawn that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Greenlawn.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenlawn ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Centre Island is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centre Island
- Population from the 2020 Census: 404 people
- Cove Neck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cove Neck is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Neck
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Crab Meadow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Crab Meadow is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Meadow
- Deer Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Half Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Half Hollow is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hollow
- Kings Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Laurel Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Little Plains
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Little Plains is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plains
- Lloyd Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lloyd Harbor is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd Harbor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,650 people
- Locust Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Oyster Bay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
- Pine Aire
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Aire is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Aire
- Plainview
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Greenlawn 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 community such as Greenlawn to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenlawn and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Greenlawn to Riverhead, with an average speed<4> 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 125 miles [201.2 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 237 miles [381.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,660 miles [9,108.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,242 miles [6,826.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Greenlawn) 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 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 Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn 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 Greenlawn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8691, Longitude: -73.3651 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.546 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.095 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.315 degrees. |
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