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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 Beachville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beachville 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 Beachville:
- 29.998008, -82.861238
- 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 Beachville
- 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 Suwannee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee County
- Since Beachville is near Lafayette County and also Gilchrist County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilchrist 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 Beachville
Communities Also Named Beachville ...
We found five communities that are also named Beachville.
Within Florida, the name Beachville is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe 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 Kentucky community of Beachville [Metcalfe County].
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Beachville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 672 miles [1,081.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beachville that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Beachville.
- New York
- Steuben County
- This Beachville is located in Steuben County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Beachville that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Steuben County community of Beachville.
- Ontario
- This Beachville lies 910 miles [1,464.5 km]<2> to the north of the Beachville that is located in Suwannee County.
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Beachville [Williamson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beachville ...
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.
- Bass
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bass is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Bell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Grady
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grady is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Harvard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Hatchbend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- Little Lake City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
- Mason
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Mason is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mikesville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Mikesville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
- Mutual
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Padlock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Sandy Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
How Far From Beachville 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 Beachville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beachville and extending to:
- Live Oak, which is the Seat of Suwannee County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Beachville to Live Oak, 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 most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,225 miles [11,627.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<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 Beachville 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Beachville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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 Beachville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Beachville 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 Beachville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9980, Longitude: -82.8612 In this case, the coordinates for Beachville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.189 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.925 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.59 degrees. |
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