Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Long Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Beach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Long Beach
- 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 Long Beach:
- 43.167310, -70.622275
- 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 Long 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 York County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for York County
- Since Long Beach is near Rockingham County and also Strafford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Rockingham County
- eBird sighting report for Strafford 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Long Beach ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Long Beach.
There is one other community in Maine which is also named Long Beach.
Beyond Maine, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Maine ...
- Cumberland County
- This Long Beach is located in Cumberland County and lies 46 miles [74 km]<1> to the north of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Long Beach.
- Cumberland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Los Angeles County
- This Long Beach is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,614 miles [4,206.8 km]<1> to the west of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Long Beach.
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- This Long Beach is located in LaPorte County and lies 831 miles [1,337.4 km]<1> to the west of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaPorte County community of Long Beach.
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- This Long Beach is located in Calvert County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Long Beach.
- Massachusetts
- Essex 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 Massachusetts community of Long Beach [Essex County].
- Michigan
- Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Long Beach [Muskegon County].
- Minnesota
- Pope County
- This Long Beach is located in Pope County and lies 1,230 miles [1,979.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pope County community of Long Beach.
- Mississippi
- Harrison County
- This Long Beach is located in Harrison County and lies 1,348 miles [2,169.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Long Beach.
- Missouri
- Taney County
- This Long Beach is located in Taney County and lies 1,267 miles [2,039 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Taney County community of Long Beach.
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- This Long Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 301 miles [484.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Long Beach.
- New York
- Nassau County
- This Long Beach is located in Nassau County and lies 237 miles [381.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of Long Beach.
- Queens 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 New York community of Long Beach [Queens County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- This Long Beach lies 895 miles [1,440.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- This Long Beach is located in Brunswick County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Long Beach.
- Nova Scotia
- This Long Beach lies 566 miles [910.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- Ohio
- Ottawa County
- This Long Beach is located in Ottawa County and lies 645 miles [1,038 km]<1> to the west of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ottawa County community of Long Beach.
- Ontario
- This Long Beach lies 413 miles [664.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- Washington
- Pacific County
- This Long Beach is located in Pacific County and lies 2,578 miles [4,148.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Long Beach that is located in York County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pacific County community of Long Beach.
- Pierce 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 Long Beach [Pierce County].
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long 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.
- Bald Head
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Brickyard Landing ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickyard Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard Landing
- Brickyard Landing is located in York County
- Cider Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cider Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cider Hill
- Cider Hill is located in York County
- Clay Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - High Pasture
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Pasture have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pasture
- High Pasture is located in York County
- Scotland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Seabury
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest) - Walnut Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hill
- Walnut Hill is located in York County
How Far From Long 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 Long Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Long Beach and extending to:
- Alfred, which is the Seat of York County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Long Beach to Alfred, with an average speed<4> 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.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 445 miles [716.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,454 miles [8,777.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,164 miles [9,920 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,040 miles [6,501.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for York County: www.co.york.me.us/
The official website for State of Maine: https://www.maine.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Long Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Long Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1673, Longitude: -70.6223 In this case, the coordinates for Long Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Long 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 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. |
| <5> | 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 Long Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.586 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.27 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.95 degrees. |