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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 North Great River, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Great River 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 North Great River:
- 40.747321, -73.169836
- 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 North Great River
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since North Great River is near Nassau County and also Fairfield County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fairfield 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 North Great River
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Great River ...
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
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Deer Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Run is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Fair Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Fire Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Great River
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Great River Station
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Great River Station is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great River Station
- Islip
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lonelyville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lonelyville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonelyville
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Ocean Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Aire
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Aire is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Aire
- Robbins Rest
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Robbins Rest is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robbins Rest
- Ronkonkoma
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Seaview
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Seaview is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaview
- Water Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Water Island is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Island
How Far From North Great River 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 North Great River to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Great River and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from North Great River to Riverhead, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 241 miles [387.9 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,361 miles [10,237 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,238 miles [6,820.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- North Great River) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 North Great River 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 North Great River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7473, Longitude: -73.1698 In this case, the coordinates for North Great River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.444 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.96 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.286 degrees. |
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