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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 Miami Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miami 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 Miami Beach:
    • 39.307052, -76.369959
    • 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 Miami 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 Baltimore County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore County
    • Since Miami Beach is near Harford County and also Baltimore City, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Harford County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baltimore City
  • 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 Miami Beach

Communities Also Named Miami Beach ...

We found five communities that are also named Miami Beach.

Within Maryland, the name Miami Beach is unique.

Beyond Maryland, 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 ...
    • Florida
      • Miami-Dade County
      • This Miami Beach is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Miami Beach that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Miami Beach.
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • This Miami Beach is located in Cheboygan County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<1> to the northwest of the Miami Beach that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Miami Beach.
    • New Jersey
      • Cape May County
      • This Miami Beach is located in Cape May County and lies 78 miles [125.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Miami Beach that is located in Baltimore County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cape May County community of Miami Beach.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Miami Beach.
    • Washington
      • Kitsap 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 Washington community of Miami Beach [Kitsap County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Miami 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.

  • Bowleys Quarters
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Bowleys Quarters is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowleys Quarters
  • Breezy Point Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Breezy Point Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Point Beach
  • Cedar Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Beach
  • Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Chase is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chase
  • Dundee Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Dundee Village is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundee Village
  • Eagle Nest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Eagle Nest is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
  • Hartland Run
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hartland Run is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland Run
  • Holly Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Holly Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Beach
  • Island View Beach
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Island View Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View Beach
  • Rockaway Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rockaway Beach is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockaway Beach
  • Shady Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Oaks is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks
  • Sue Creek Landing
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sue Creek Landing is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sue Creek Landing
  • Turkey Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Turkey Point is located in Baltimore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Point

How Far From Miami Beach to ...

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 Miami Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Towson, which is the Seat of Baltimore County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Miami Beach to Towson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 23 miles [37 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 45 miles [72.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take about three full days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,852 miles [9,417.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,557 miles [10,552.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,434 miles [7,135.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Miami Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Miami 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>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 Miami 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 Miami Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3071, Longitude: -76.3700       In this case, the coordinates for Miami Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.468 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.024 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.272 degrees.