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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 Old Brookville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Brookville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Old Brookville:
    • 40.833158, -73.603964
    • 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 Old Brookville
  • 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

Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Brookville ...

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.

  • Flower Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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
  • Glen Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Glen Head
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Greenvale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
    • Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
  • Locust Valley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Manorhaven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manorhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
    • Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
  • Mill Neck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Neck
    • Mill Neck is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 959 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mill Neck <2>
  • Muttontown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muttontown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
    • Muttontown is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
  • Oyster Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oyster Bay Cove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Bay Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
    • Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
  • Sands Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Point
    • Sands Point is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,802 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sands Point <2>
  • Sea Cliff
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sea Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Cliff
    • Sea Cliff is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,056 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sea Cliff <2>
  • Searingtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
    • Searingtown is located in Nassau County

How Far From Old Brookville 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 village such as Old Brookville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Old Brookville and extending to:

  • Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the South Southwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<3> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Old Brookville 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 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 225 miles [362.1 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,672 miles [9,128.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,377 miles [10,262.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,254 miles [6,846.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Old Brookville. 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>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Old Brookville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Old Brookville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8332, Longitude: -73.6040       In this case, the coordinates for Old Brookville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Old Brookville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.691 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.253 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.435 degrees.




 

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