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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, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Roslyn 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:
    • 40.799889, -73.650698
    • 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
  • 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 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

Communities Also Named Roslyn ...

We found eight communities that are also named Roslyn.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Roslyn.

Beyond New York, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Queens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Roslyn [Queens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cumberland County
      • This Roslyn is located in Cumberland County and lies 785 miles [1,263.3 km]<2> to the west of the Roslyn that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Roslyn.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Roslyn is located in Baltimore County and lies 190 miles [305.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Roslyn that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Roslyn.
    • Ohio
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Roslyn [Montgomery County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Roslyn [Chester County].
      • Montgomery County
      • This Roslyn is located in Montgomery County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Roslyn that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Roslyn.
    • South Dakota
      • Day County
      • This Roslyn is located in Day County and lies 1,239 miles [1,994 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Roslyn that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Day County community of Roslyn.
    • Washington
      • Kittitas County
      • This Roslyn is located in Kittitas County and lies 2,355 miles [3,790 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Roslyn that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kittitas County community of Roslyn.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Roslyn ...

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.

How Far From Roslyn to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Roslyn 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 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Roslyn 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 222 miles [357.3 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 5,675 miles [9,133 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,381 miles [10,269.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,257 miles [6,851 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Roslyn could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Roslyn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Roslyn 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7999, Longitude: -73.6507    
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.723 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.283 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.47 degrees.