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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 Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beach 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 Beach:
    • 31.439929, -82.503747
    • 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 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 Ware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ware County
    • Since Beach is near Bacon County and also Coffee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bacon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coffee 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 Beach

Communities Also Named Beach ...

We found ten communities that are also named Beach.

Within Georgia, the name Beach is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Indian River 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 Florida community of Beach [Indian River County].
    • Illinois
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Beach [Lake County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Suffolk 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 Massachusetts community of Beach [Suffolk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Scott County
      • This Beach is located in Scott County and lies 425 miles [684 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Beach that is located in Ware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Scott County community of Beach.
    • Missouri
      • Webster County
      • This Beach is located in Webster County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Beach that is located in Ware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Webster County community of Beach.
    • North Dakota
      • Billings 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 North Dakota community of Beach [Billings County].
      • Golden Valley County
      • This Beach is located in Golden Valley County and lies 1,560 miles [2,510.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Beach that is located in Ware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Golden Valley County community of Beach.
    • Texas
      • Montgomery County
      • This Beach is located in Montgomery County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<2> to the west of the Beach that is located in Ware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Beach.
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Beach [Chesterfield County].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • This Beach is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,396 miles [3,856 km]<2> to the northwest of the Beach that is located in Ware County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near 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.

  • Coffee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffee is located in Bacon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee
  • Dixie Union
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dixie Union is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Union
  • Hasty
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hasty is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
  • Homestead
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Homestead is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Jamestown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jamestown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
  • Stokesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Stokesville is located in Atkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
  • Sunnyside
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunnyside is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
  • Walkersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Walkersville is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
  • Waltertown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waltertown is located in Ware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
    • Waltertown has also been known as:
    • Watertown

How Far From Beach to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Waycross, which is the Seat of Ware County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beach to Waycross, with an average speed<3> 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.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 193 miles [310.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 600 miles [965.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 34 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,149 miles [11,505.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,036 miles [8,104.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 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 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.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 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 Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4399, Longitude: -82.5037       In this case, the coordinates for Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.071 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.99 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.135 degrees.