Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mineola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mineola and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Mineola
- 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 Mineola:
- 40.749263, -73.641116
- 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 Mineola
- 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 Mineola is near Queens County and also Bronx County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Queens County
- eBird sighting report for Bronx 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 Mineola ...
We found ten communities that share the name Mineola.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Mineola.
Beyond New York, we know of another nine 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 Mineola ...
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.
- Floral Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Park
- Floral Park is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,735 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floral Park <4>
- Flower Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
- Garden City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<5> 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 <4>
- Garden City Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- 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 <4>
- Glen Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Head
- Glen Head is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glen Head <4>
- Great Neck Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Greenvale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenvale
- Greenvale is located in Nassau County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenvale <4>
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Little Neck
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Neck
- Little Neck is located in Queens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Little Neck <4>
- Parsons Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parsons Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Beach
- Parsons Beach is located in Queens County
- Queens Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Village
- Queens Village is located in Queens County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Queens Village <4>
- Salisbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Searingtown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- University Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
- University Gardens is located in Nassau County
How Far From Mineola 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 village such as Mineola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mineola and extending to:
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Mineola to Albany, with an average speed<6>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 220 miles [354.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,259 miles [6,854.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mineola. 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 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 Mineola 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mineola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mineola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7493, Longitude: -73.6411 |
| <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 Mineola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <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 Mineola 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 305.723 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.275 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.489 degrees. |