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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 Greenvale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Greenvale 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 Greenvale:
- 40.810656, -73.628461
- 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 Greenvale
- 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 Greenvale 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 Greenvale
Communities Also Named Greenvale ...
We found eight communities that are also named Greenvale.
Within New York, the name Greenvale is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, six are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess 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 Illinois community of Greenvale [Jo Daviess County].
- Iowa
- Dallas 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 Iowa community of Greenvale [Dallas County].
- Kansas
- Russell 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 Kansas community of Greenvale [Russell County].
- Nova Scotia
- This Greenvale lies 647 miles [1,041.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Greenvale that is located in Nassau County.
- Prince Edward Island
- 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 Prince Edward Island community of Greenvale.
- Tennessee
- Hawkins County
- This Greenvale is located in Hawkins County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Greenvale that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hawkins County community of Greenvale.
- Wilson County
- This Greenvale is located in Wilson County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the west southwest of the Greenvale that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wilson County community of Greenvale.
- Virginia
- Lancaster 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 Virginia community of Greenvale [Lancaster County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Greenvale ...
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 west)
- Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
- Garden City
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Garden City Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Head
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Great Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Kings Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Manorhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Mineola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Muttontown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Sands Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Searingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- University Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- University Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
How Far From Greenvale 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 Greenvale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Greenvale 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 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Greenvale 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 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- 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).<9>'
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 Greenvale 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 from Point A (ie- Greenvale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Greenvale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Greenvale 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 Greenvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8107, Longitude: -73.6285 In this case, the coordinates for Greenvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.708 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.269 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.456 degrees. |
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