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 Sea Breeze:
34.063228, -77.891374
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.
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 New Hanover County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that share the name Sea Breeze.
Within North Carolina, the name Sea Breeze is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New Jersey
Cumberland County
This Sea Breeze is located in Cumberland County and lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sea Breeze that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Sea Breeze.
New York
Monroe County
This Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County and lies 633 miles [1,018.7 km]<1> to the north of the Sea Breeze that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Sea Breeze.
Ontario
This Sea Breeze lies 777 miles [1,250.5 km]<1> to the north of the Sea Breeze that is located in New Hanover County.
Texas
Chambers County
This Sea Breeze is located in Chambers County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sea Breeze that is located in New Hanover County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of Sea Breeze.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sea Breeze ...
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.
Arrowhead (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arrowhead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Sea Breeze to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sea Breeze and extending to:
Wilmington, which is the Seat of New Hanover County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Sea Breeze to Wilmington, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
Raleigh, which is the State Capital of North Carolina, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 337 miles [542.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,141 miles [9,883 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,826 miles [10,985.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,713 miles [7,584.8 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 from Point A (ie- Sea Breeze) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sea Breeze. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.0632, Longitude: -77.8914 In this case, the coordinates for Sea Breeze have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Sea Breeze to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.564 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.482 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.75 degrees.