Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Merrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merrick and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Merrick
- 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 Merrick:
- 40.662880, -73.551516
- 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 Merrick
- 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Since Merrick is near Suffolk County and also Queens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Suffolk 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 Merrick ...
We found eight communities that share the name Merrick.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Merrick.
Beyond New York, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
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Curious and Interesting Names Near Merrick ...
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.
- Amityville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amityville
- Amityville is located in Suffolk County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,379 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amityville <3>
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
- Freeport is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 42,705 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freeport <3>
- Frontier Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- 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 northwest)- 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 <3>
- Garden City Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Park
- Garden City Park is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City Park <3>
- Harbor Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
- Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
- Harbor Isle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Isle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isle
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County
- Hicksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- 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 <3>
- Island Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Island Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Island Park is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west) - Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Mineola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- Mineola is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 19,546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineola <3>
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- Oceanside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oceanside
- Oceanside is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oceanside <3>
- Plainedge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Point Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Lookout have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Lookout
- Point Lookout is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Lookout <3>
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Swedetown Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- 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
- Oceanside
How Far From Merrick 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 Merrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Merrick and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Merrick to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 221 miles [355.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,676 miles [9,134.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,258 miles [6,852.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Merrick. 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 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 Merrick 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Merrick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Merrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6629, Longitude: -73.5515 In this case, the coordinates for Merrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 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. |
| <6> | 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 Merrick to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.679 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.212 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.49 degrees. |