Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Harlem, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harlem and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Harlem
- 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 Harlem:
- 40.809032, -73.948269
- 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 Harlem
- 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 New York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for New York County
- Since Harlem is near Bronx County and also Hudson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Bronx County
- eBird sighting report for Hudson 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 Harlem ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Harlem.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Harlem.
Beyond New York, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Florida
- Hendry County
- This Harlem is located in Hendry County and lies 1,050 miles [1,689.8 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Harlem that is located in New York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hendry County community of Harlem.
- Putnam 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 Florida community of Harlem [Putnam County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Harlem is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 1,182 miles [1,902.2 km]<2> to the southwest of the Harlem that is located in New York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Harlem.
- Vermilion Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Harlem [Vermilion Parish].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- This Harlem lies 288 miles [463.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Harlem that is located in New York County.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harlem ...
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
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blissville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
- Blissville is located in Queens County
- Esplanade Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Esplanade Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esplanade Gardens
- Esplanade Gardens is located in New York County
- Gracie Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gracie Square have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracie Square
- Gracie Square is located in New York County
- Greenpoint
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenpoint
- Greenpoint is located in Kings County
- Hell's Kitchen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hell's Kitchen
- Hell's Kitchen is located in New York County
- High Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Bridge
- High Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Hunts Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunts Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunts Point
- Hunts Point is located in Bronx County
- Kings Bridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Bridge
- Kings Bridge is located in Bronx County
- Long Island City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Island City
- Long Island City is located in Queens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Long Island City <5>
- Peter Cooper Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peter Cooper Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peter Cooper Village
- Peter Cooper Village is located in New York County
- Rhinelander Gardens ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhinelander Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhinelander Gardens
- Rhinelander Gardens is located in New York County
- Rose Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Sunnyside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunnyside is located in Queens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunnyside <5>
- Sunnyside Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyside Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Gardens
- Sunnyside Gardens is located in Queens County
- Union City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Union City is located in Hudson County (NJ)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 67,137 people
- Unionport
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - University Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Bronx County
- Woodside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodside
- Woodside is located in Queens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodside <5>
- Sunnyside
How Far From Harlem 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 Harlem to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harlem and extending to:
- New York, which is the Seat of New York County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- 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 Harlem to Albany, with an average speed<6>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 210 miles [338 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,687 miles [9,152.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,270 miles [6,871.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Harlem. 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Harlem 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Harlem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Harlem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8090, Longitude: -73.9483 |
| <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 Harlem, 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 Harlem 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 305.898 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.483 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.596 degrees. |