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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 Merrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North 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 North Merrick:
- 40.691212, -73.563183
- 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 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 North 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 North Merrick
Curious and Interesting Names Near North 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.
- Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Garden City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Green
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Green is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Green
- Hicksville
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Mineola
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Oceanside
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Plainedge
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Point Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Salisbury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Swedetown Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Swedetown Village is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swedetown Village
How Far From North 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 North Merrick 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 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 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from North Merrick to Albany, with an average speed<3>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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 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 from Point A (ie- North Merrick) 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 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 North Merrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6912, Longitude: -73.5632 In this case, the coordinates for North Merrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.683 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.221 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.482 degrees. |
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