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 Manhattan Beach:
30.366907, -81.398696
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 Manhattan 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 Duval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found six communities that are also named Manhattan Beach.
Within Florida, the name Manhattan Beach is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
California
Los Angeles County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,166 miles [3,485.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Manhattan Beach.
Maryland
Anne Arundel County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 661 miles [1,063.8 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Manhattan Beach.
Minnesota
Crow Wing County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Crow Wing County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crow Wing County community of Manhattan Beach.
New York
Kings County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Kings County and lies 819 miles [1,318.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Manhattan Beach.
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Cuyahoga County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the north of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cuyahoga County community of Manhattan Beach.
Oregon
Tillamook County
This Manhattan Beach is located in Tillamook County and lies 2,506 miles [4,033 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manhattan Beach that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tillamook County community of Manhattan Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manhattan 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 Manhattan Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Manhattan Beach and extending to:
Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Manhattan Beach to Jacksonville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 171 miles [275.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 638 miles [1,026.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manhattan 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 Manhattan 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 Manhattan Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3669, Longitude: -81.3987 In this case, the coordinates for Manhattan Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.414 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.082 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.008 degrees.