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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 Nassau, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nassau 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 Nassau:
- 42.516146, -73.609869
- 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 Nassau
- 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 Rensselaer County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rensselaer County
- Since Nassau is near Columbia County and also Albany County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Albany 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 Nassau
Communities Also Named Nassau ...
We found six communities that are also named Nassau.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Nassau.
Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Richmond 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 Nassau [Richmond County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- This Nassau is located in Sussex County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Nassau that is located in Rensselaer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Nassau.
- Iowa
- Keokuk 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 Iowa community of Nassau [Keokuk County].
- Minnesota
- Lac qui Parle County
- This Nassau is located in Lac qui Parle County and lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Nassau that is located in Rensselaer County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lac qui Parle County community of Nassau.
- Missouri
- Vernon 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 Missouri community of Nassau [Vernon County].
- Ontario
- This Nassau lies 266 miles [428.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Nassau that is located in Rensselaer County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nassau ...
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.
- Beaver Dam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Beaver Dam is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Dam
- Best
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Cedar Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Glass Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Glass Lake is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass Lake
- Kinderhook
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Luther
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Maple Grove is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Poolsburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Poolsburg is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poolsburg
- Riders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riders is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riders
- Riders Mills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rock City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock City
- Sand Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stony Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Stony Point is located in Rensselaer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
How Far From Nassau 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 Nassau to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Nassau and extending to:
- Troy, which is the Seat of Rensselaer County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Nassau to Troy, 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 four to five hours.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take nearly four hours and walking would take five to six hours.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 307 miles [494.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,604 miles [9,018.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,317 miles [10,166.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,193 miles [6,748 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 Nassau 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- Nassau) 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 Nassau 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 Nassau. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.5161, Longitude: -73.6099 In this case, the coordinates for Nassau have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.494 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.306 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.652 degrees. |
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