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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 West Tiana, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Tiana 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 West Tiana:
- 40.859822, -72.543702
- 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 West Tiana
- 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 West Tiana is near Middlesex County and also New Haven County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Middlesex County
- Open the eBird sighting report for New Haven 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 West Tiana
Curious and Interesting Names Near West Tiana ...
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.
- Art Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Art Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art Village
- Canoe Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canoe Place is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe Place
- Centerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Flanders
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Flying Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Flying Point is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flying Point
- Foxwood Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Foxwood Village is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxwood Village
- Rampasture
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rampasture is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rampasture
- Red Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Red Creek is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Creek
- Riverhead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rose Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Grove is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Grove
- Squiretown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Squiretown is located in Suffolk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squiretown
How Far From West Tiana 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 West Tiana to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in West Tiana and extending to:
- Riverhead, which is the Seat of Suffolk County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 139 miles [223.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from West Tiana 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 273 miles [439.4 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 5,625 miles [9,052.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,329 miles [10,185.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,206 miles [6,768.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- West Tiana) 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 West Tiana 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 West Tiana. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8598, Longitude: -72.5437 In this case, the coordinates for West Tiana have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.062 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 300.546 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.963 degrees. |
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