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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 Plandome Manor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plandome Manor 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 Plandome Manor:
- 40.814864, -73.698487
- 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 Plandome Manor
- 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 Plandome Manor is near Queens County and also Bronx County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queens County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Plandome Manor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plandome Manor ...
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.
- Bird Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Bird Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Grove
- Flower Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
- Great Neck
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Great Neck Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Greenvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Harbor Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kings Point
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Manorhaven
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Saddle Rock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sands Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sea Cliff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Searingtown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- University Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- University Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
How Far From Plandome Manor 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 Plandome Manor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plandome Manor and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Plandome Manor 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 5 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<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 6,382 miles [10,270.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- 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).<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- Plandome Manor) 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 Plandome Manor 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 Plandome Manor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8149, Longitude: -73.6985 In this case, the coordinates for Plandome Manor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.75 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.316 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.484 degrees. |
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