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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 Jamesport, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Jamesport 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 Jamesport:
- 40.949706, -72.581094
- 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 Jamesport
- 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 Jamesport is near Middlesex County and also New Haven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Haven 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 Jamesport
Communities Also Named Jamesport ...
We found one communities that are also named Jamesport.
Within New York, the name Jamesport is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Jamesport in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Missouri
- Daviess County
- This Jamesport is located in Daviess County and lies 1,114 miles [1,792.8 km]<1> to the west of the Jamesport that is located in Suffolk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Daviess County community of Jamesport.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Jamesport ...
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.
- Baiting Hollow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Canoe Place
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Canoe Place is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Place
- Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Centerville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Flanders
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Foxwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
- Rampasture
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rampasture is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampasture
- Red Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Red Creek is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
- Riverhead
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Squiretown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Jamesport 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 Jamesport to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Jamesport and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Jamesport 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 275 miles [442.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,624 miles [9,051 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,327 miles [10,182.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,204 miles [6,765.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Jamesport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Jamesport 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 Jamesport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9497, Longitude: -72.5811 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.073 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.573 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.937 degrees. |
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