Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Melville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Melville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Melville
- 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 Melville:
- 40.793838, -73.415250
- 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 Melville
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Melville is near Nassau County and also Queens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- eBird sighting report for Queens 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 Melville ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Melville.
Within New York, the name Melville is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Missouri
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- This Melville lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Melville that is located in Suffolk County.
- Oregon
- Prince Edward Island
- This Melville lies 640 miles [1,030 km]<2> to the northeast of the Melville that is located in Suffolk County.
- Rhode Island
- Saskatchewan
- This Melville lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Melville that is located in Suffolk County.
- Tennessee
- Vermont
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Melville ...
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.
- Deer Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <5>
- Frontier Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- 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
- Greenlawn
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenlawn
- Greenlawn is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenlawn <5>
- Half Hollow
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Half Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Hollow
- Half Hollow is located in Suffolk County
- Hicksville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hicksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hicksville
- Hicksville is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hicksville <5>
- Laurel Hollow
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Little Plains
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Plains
- Little Plains is located in Suffolk County
- Locust Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Muttontown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- 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 Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- 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
- Plainedge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Plainview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Swedetown Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- 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 Melville 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 Melville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Melville and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Melville to Riverhead, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,665 miles [9,116.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,370 miles [10,251.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,247 miles [6,834.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Suffolk County: www.co.suffolk.ny.us/
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 Melville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Melville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7938, Longitude: -73.4153 |
| <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 Melville, 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 Melville 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 305.584 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.126 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.371 degrees. |