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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 Pebble Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach:
    • 36.572725, -121.948713
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Pebble Beach
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Pebble Beach ...

We found eight communities that share the name Pebble Beach.

Within California, the name Pebble Beach is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Grundy County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County and lies 1,819 miles [2,927.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Pebble Beach.
    • Manitoba
      • This Pebble Beach lies 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
    • New Jersey
      • Ocean County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 2,570 miles [4,136 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Pebble Beach.
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County and lies 2,361 miles [3,799.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pebble Beach.
    • North Carolina
      • Carteret County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Carteret County and lies 2,500 miles [4,023.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Pebble Beach.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Horry County and lies 2,418 miles [3,891.4 km]<1> to the east of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pebble Beach.
    • Texas
      • Collin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pebble Beach [Collin County].
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Pebble Beach is located in Island County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km]<1> to the north of the Pebble Beach that is located in Monterey County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Pebble Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble 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.

  • Cannery Row
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cannery Row have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannery Row
    • Cannery Row is located in Monterey County
  • Carmel-by-the-Sea
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Creekside
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creekside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creekside
    • Creekside is located in Monterey County
  • James Meadows
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for James Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Meadows
    • James Meadows is located in Monterey County
  • Marina
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Quail Meadows
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quail Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Meadows
    • Quail Meadows is located in Monterey County
  • Sand City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seaside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

How Far From Pebble Beach 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 Pebble Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pebble Beach and extending to:

  • Salinas, which is the Seat of Monterey County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Beach to Salinas, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 140 miles [225.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,433 miles [3,915.5 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,484 miles [12,044.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,251 miles [13,278.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,294 miles [10,129.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pebble Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Monterey County: www.co.monterey.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pebble Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pebble Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5727, Longitude: -121.9487    
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pebble Beach 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Pebble Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 339.673 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.456 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.869 degrees.




 

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