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 North Beach:
37.805762, -122.412193
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 North Beach
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 San Francisco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found nine communities that are also named North Beach.
Within California, the name North Beach is unique.
Beyond California, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Indian River County
This North Beach is located in Indian River County and lies 2,511 miles [4,041.1 km]<1> to the east of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indian River County community of North Beach.
Maryland
Calvert County
This North Beach is located in Calvert County and lies 2,461 miles [3,960.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of North Beach.
New Hampshire
Rockingham County
This North Beach is located in Rockingham County and lies 2,695 miles [4,337.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of North Beach.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This North Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 2,570 miles [4,136 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of North Beach.
New York
Queens County
This North Beach is located in Queens County and lies 2,568 miles [4,132.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Queens County community of North Beach.
Oregon
Lane County
This North Beach is located in Lane County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the north of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lane County community of North Beach.
Texas
Nueces County
This North Beach is located in Nueces County and lies 1,600 miles [2,575 km]<1> to the east southeast of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nueces County community of North Beach.
Washington
King County
This North Beach is located in King County and lies 682 miles [1,097.6 km]<1> to the north of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of North Beach.
Skagit County
This North Beach is located in Skagit County and lies 743 miles [1,195.7 km] to the north of the North Beach that is located in San Francisco County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Skagit County community of North Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Beach ...
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.
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 North Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in North Beach and extending to:
Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 73 miles [117.5 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from North Beach to Sacramento, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,432 miles [3,913.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 95 days and walking would take 139 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,413 miles [11,930.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,179 miles [13,162.8 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,236 miles [10,035.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- North Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>
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.
<3>
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 North Beach 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 North Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8058, Longitude: -122.4122 In this case, the coordinates for North Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 340.201 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 341.154 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.161 degrees.