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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 Sea Cliff, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sea Cliff 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 Sea Cliff:
    • 40.846291, -73.650400
    • 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 Sea Cliff
  • 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

Communities Also Named Sea Cliff ...

We found two communities that share the name Sea Cliff.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Sea Cliff.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Sea Cliff 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 Sea Cliff [Queens County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Ventura County
      • This Sea Cliff is located in Ventura County and lies 2,514 miles [4,045.9 km]<2> to the west of the Sea Cliff that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ventura County community of Sea Cliff.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sea Cliff ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bird Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bird Grove
    • Bird Grove is located in Nassau County
  • Flower Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Glen Head
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Great Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck
    • Great Neck is located in Nassau County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Great Neck <4>
  • Great Neck Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Neck Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Neck Gardens
    • Great Neck Gardens is located in Nassau County
  • Greenvale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
  • Kings Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Locust Valley
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Manorhaven
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manorhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Neck have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
  • Sands Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
  • Searingtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Searingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
    • Searingtown is located in Nassau County

How Far From Sea Cliff 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 Sea Cliff to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sea Cliff 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 125 miles [201.2 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Sea Cliff to Albany, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two 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 224 miles [360.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,673 miles [9,129.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • 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).<8>
  • 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).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sea Cliff. 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>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 Sea Cliff 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 '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- Sea Cliff) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sea Cliff. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8463, Longitude: -73.6504       In this case, the coordinates for Sea Cliff have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Sea Cliff to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.717 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.285 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.449 degrees.




 

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