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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 Sweyze, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sweyze 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 Sweyze:
- 40.917876, -72.720932
- 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 Sweyze
- 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 Suffolk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suffolk County
- Since Sweyze is near New Haven County and also Middlesex County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Haven County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex 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 Sweyze
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweyze ...
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.
- Baiting Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Flanders
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Foxwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
- Greenwood Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Village
- Manorville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverhead
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Wading River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wading River Landing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wading River Landing is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wading River Landing
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
How Far From Sweyze to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Sweyze to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sweyze and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies just to the East.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sweyze 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 267 miles [429.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,631 miles [9,062.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,335 miles [10,195.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,212 miles [6,778.6 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- Sweyze) 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 Sweyze 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 Sweyze. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.9179, Longitude: -72.7209 In this case, the coordinates for Sweyze have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.159 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.666 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.013 degrees. |
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