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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 Roslyn Harbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roslyn Harbor 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 Roslyn Harbor:
- 40.815776, -73.637931
- 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 Roslyn Harbor
- 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 Roslyn Harbor 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 Roslyn Harbor
Curious and Interesting Names Near Roslyn Harbor ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Flower Hill is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Hill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,903 people
- Garden City Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Glen Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Glen Head
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Great Neck
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
- Greenvale
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Harbor Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Harbor Hills is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Hills
- Kings Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Locust Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Manorhaven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Manorhaven is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manorhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,744 people
- Mineola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Muttontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Saddle Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sands Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sea Cliff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Searingtown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- University Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- University Gardens is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Gardens
How Far From Roslyn Harbor 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 Roslyn Harbor to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Roslyn Harbor and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the South.
- 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 Roslyn Harbor 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 223 miles [358.9 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 5,674 miles [9,131.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,379 miles [10,266 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,256 miles [6,849.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Roslyn Harbor) 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 Roslyn Harbor 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 Roslyn Harbor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8158, Longitude: -73.6379 In this case, the coordinates for Roslyn Harbor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.713 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.275 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.458 degrees. |
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