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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 Merrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Merrick 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 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.
- Open 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:
- Open the 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Merrick
Communities Also Named Merrick ...
We found eight communities that are also named Merrick.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Merrick.
Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- 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 Merrick [Queens County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- This Merrick is located in LaPorte County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<2> to the west of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Merrick.
- Kansas
- Lyon County
- This Merrick is located in Lyon County and lies 1,215 miles [1,955.4 km]<2> to the west of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lyon County community of Merrick.
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- This Merrick is located in Pointe Coupee Parish and lies 1,212 miles [1,950.5 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pointe Coupee Parish community of Merrick.
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- This Merrick is located in Hampden County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampden County community of Merrick.
- Michigan
- Bay 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 Merrick [Bay County].
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- This Merrick is located in Lincoln County and lies 1,316 miles [2,117.9 km]<2> to the west of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of Merrick.
- Texas
- Martin County
- This Merrick is located in Martin County and lies 1,661 miles [2,673.1 km]<2> to the west of the Merrick that is located in Nassau County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Merrick.
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)
- Freeport
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Frontier Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Frontier Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Park
- Garden City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Green
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
- Harbor Isle
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isle
- Hicksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Island Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Island Park is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Lakeview
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Long Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Maywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Maywood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mineola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oceanside
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plainedge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Point Lookout
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Swedetown Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
How Far From Merrick 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 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 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 '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- Merrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Merrick 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 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). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.679 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.212 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.49 degrees. |
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