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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 Hicksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hicksville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Hicksville:
    • 40.768433, -73.525125
    • 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 Hicksville
  • 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 Hicksville ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Hicksville.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Hicksville.

Beyond New York, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Queens 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 New York community of Hicksville [Queens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • This Hicksville is located in Phillips County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Hicksville.
      • White 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 Arkansas community of Hicksville [White County].
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Hicksville is located in Sacramento County and lies 2,518 miles [4,052.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Hicksville.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Hicksville is located in Graves County and lies 850 miles [1,367.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Hicksville.
      • Lawrence 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 Kentucky community of Hicksville [Lawrence County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Bristol 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 Massachusetts community of Hicksville [Bristol County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Hicksville lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the northeast of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford 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 North Carolina community of Hicksville [Rutherford County].
    • Ohio
      • Defiance County
      • This Hicksville is located in Defiance County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<2> to the west of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Defiance County community of Hicksville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • This Hicksville is located in Armstrong County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the west of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Armstrong County community of Hicksville.
    • Tennessee
      • Madison County
      • This Hicksville is located in Madison County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Hicksville.
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • This Hicksville is located in Bland County and lies 476 miles [766 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Hicksville that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bland County community of Hicksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hicksville ...

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.

  • Frontier Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Park
    • Frontier Park is located in Suffolk County
  • Garden City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
    • Garden City is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,224 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <5>
  • Garden City Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Glen Head
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenvale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Laurel Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laurel Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
    • Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
  • Locust Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
  • Maywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maywood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
    • Maywood is located in Suffolk County
  • Mineola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Muttontown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • 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
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Oyster Bay Cove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Bay Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
    • Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Plainedge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
      • Plainedge is located in Nassau County
    • Plainview
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
      • Plainview is located in Nassau County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainview <5>
    • Salisbury
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
      • Salisbury is located in Nassau County
    • Searingtown
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
      • Searingtown is located in Nassau County
    • Swedetown Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swedetown Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
      • Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County

How Far From Hicksville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hicksville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hicksville and extending to:

  • Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Hicksville 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 226 miles [363.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,376 miles [10,261.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,253 miles [6,844.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hicksville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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 Hicksville 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hicksville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hicksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7684, Longitude: -73.5251       In this case, the coordinates for Hicksville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Hicksville, 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 Hicksville 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 305.652 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.198 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.43 degrees.




 

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