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On the Nautical Mile, 2012. Freeport is a Long Island hot spot during the summer season in New York. A popular festival occurs on Freeport's Nautical Mile (the west side of Woodcleft Canal) the first weekend in June each year, which attracts many people from across Long Island and New York City.
Long Creek is a salt-water channel running roughly north from South Oyster Bay toward Freeport, New ... Looking toward Freeport's "Nautical Mile" along Woodcleft ...
Bill Bleyer, Freeport: Action on the Nautical Mile, Newsday.com has a lot of good material on Freeport history, many facts we should incorporate. - Jmabel | Talk 18:48, 14 November 2008 (UTC) The Freeport Historical Society had Civil War artifacts because Freeporters fought and died in that War.
Isabella Rogers, left, and Meagan Walsh pose for a photo inside of their new business, How Meta, 20 S. Chicago Ave., on Oct. 25, 2023, in Freeport.
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A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. [2] [3] [4] Historically, it was defined as the meridian arc length corresponding to one minute ( 1 / 60 of a degree) of latitude at the equator, so that Earth's polar circumference is very near to 21,600 nautical miles (that is 60 minutes × 360 degrees).
The Brooklyn-Freeport Line spanned from Brooklyn to Freeport (also in Nassau County) and ran mostly along Rockaway Boulevard, North Conduit Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Merrick Road. The 17-mile (27 km) route [5] was mostly replaced by the Q7 and Q85 (operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations) and n4 (operated by Nassau Inter-County Express).
West End is only 55 nautical miles from the Florida coast and has a long history as a resort destination because of its accessibility. For most boaters entering Bahamian waters from the United States, it is the first port of call. West End is also serviced by the local West End Airport and Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport.