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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 Swedetown Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Swedetown Village 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 Swedetown Village:
- 40.762778, -73.480278
- 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 Swedetown Village
- 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 Swedetown Village is near Suffolk County and also Queens County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Queens 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 Swedetown Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Swedetown Village ...
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.
- Amityville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Frontier Park is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Park
- Hicksville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Laurel Hollow
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Laurel Hollow is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Hollow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,027 people
- Locust Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Locust Grove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Maywood
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maywood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Muttontown
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Muttontown is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muttontown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,673 people
- Oyster Bay Cove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Oyster Bay Cove is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Bay Cove
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,243 people
- Plainedge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plainedge is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainedge
- Plainview
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Salisbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Salisbury is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
How Far From Swedetown Village 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 Swedetown Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Swedetown Village and extending to:
- Mineola, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies just to the West.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Swedetown Village 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 228 miles [366.9 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 5,669 miles [9,123.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,374 miles [10,258 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,251 miles [6,841.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swedetown Village) 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 Swedetown Village 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 Swedetown Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.7628, Longitude: -73.4803 In this case, the coordinates for Swedetown Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.626 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.168 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.413 degrees. |
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