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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 South Hempstead, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Hempstead 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 South Hempstead:
- 40.680935, -73.615406
- 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 South Hempstead
- 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 South Hempstead is near Queens County and also Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 South Hempstead
Curious and Interesting Names Near South Hempstead ...
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.
- Floral Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Freeport
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Garden City Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Green Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Acres is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Harbor Isle
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Harbor Isle is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Isle
- Island Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Island Park is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
- Lakeview
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Long Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Mineola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Oceanside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Point Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rosedale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Salisbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
- Searingtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Searingtown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searingtown
- Valley Stream
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
How Far From South Hempstead 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 community such as South Hempstead to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in South Hempstead and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 136 miles [218.9 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from South Hempstead 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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 219 miles [352.4 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 5,678 miles [9,137.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,383 miles [10,272.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,260 miles [6,855.8 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- South Hempstead) 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 South Hempstead 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 South Hempstead. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6809, Longitude: -73.6154 In this case, the coordinates for South Hempstead have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.715 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.255 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.509 degrees. |
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