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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 Longyear, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Longyear 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 Longyear:
- 42.052222, -74.292222
- 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 Longyear
- 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 Ulster County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ulster County
- Since Longyear is near Greene County and also Delaware County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Greene County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delaware 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 Longyear
Communities Also Named Longyear ...
We found one communities that are also named Longyear.
Within New York, the name Longyear is unique.
Beyond New York, there is another community also named Longyear in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Longyear [Marquette County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Longyear ...
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.
- Bearsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Big Indian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Byrdcliffe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Byrdcliffe is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdcliffe
- Cold Brook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cold Brook is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Brook
- Lanesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Phoenicia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Shady is located in Ulster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady
- Willow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Longyear 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 Longyear to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Longyear and extending to:
- Kingston, which is the Seat of Ulster County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<3> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Longyear to Kingston, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 49 miles [78.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 261 miles [420 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,651 miles [9,094.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,364 miles [10,241.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,239 miles [6,822 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Longyear 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Longyear) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Longyear 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 Longyear. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.0522, Longitude: -74.2922 In this case, the coordinates for Longyear have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.966 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.761 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.181 degrees. |
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