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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 Weeksville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weeksville 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 Weeksville:
    • 40.673859, -73.925099
    • 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 Weeksville
  • 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 Kings County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Kings County
    • Since Weeksville is near Queens County and also New York 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 New York 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 Weeksville

Communities Also Named Weeksville ...

We found three communities that are also named Weeksville.

Within New York, the name Weeksville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Montana
      • Missoula 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 Montana community of Weeksville [Missoula County].
      • Sanders County
      • This Weeksville is located in Sanders County and lies 2,065 miles [3,323.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Weeksville that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sanders County community of Weeksville.
    • North Carolina
      • Pasquotank County
      • This Weeksville is located in Pasquotank County and lies 331 miles [532.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Weeksville that is located in Kings County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pasquotank County community of Weeksville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Weeksville ...

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.

  • Blissville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Blissville is located in Queens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blissville
  • Chinatown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Chinatown is located in New York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
  • City Line
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • City Line is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Line
  • Cobble Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Cobble Hill is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobble Hill
  • Cypress Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Cypress Hills is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hills
  • Flatbush
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Flatbush is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatbush
  • Flatlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Fort Greene
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Greene is located in Kings County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Greene
  • Fresh Pond
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Fresh Pond Junction
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fresh Pond Junction is located in Queens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Pond Junction
  • Governors Island
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Greenpoint
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Howard Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Knickerbocker Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Knickerbocker Village is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knickerbocker Village
    • Little Italy
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Little Italy is located in New York County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
    • Marcus Garvey Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ozone Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Park Slope
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Park Slope is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
    • Red Hook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sunnyside
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Vinegar Hill
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Vinegar Hill is located in Kings County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinegar Hill

How Far From Weeksville 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 community such as Weeksville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<4> community of Weeksville once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Weeksville and extending to:

  • Brooklyn, which is the Seat of Kings County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 137 miles [220.5 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Weeksville to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 205 miles [329.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,692 miles [9,160.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,397 miles [10,295 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,274 miles [6,878.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Weeksville 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Weeksville) 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Weeksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Weeksville 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 Weeksville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.6739, Longitude: -73.9251    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.899 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.463 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.646 degrees.