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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 Brighton Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brighton 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 Brighton Beach:
    • 39.606508, -74.207917
    • 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 Brighton 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 Ocean County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Ocean County
    • Since Brighton Beach is near Burlington County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Atlantic 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 Brighton Beach

Communities Also Named Brighton Beach ...

We found six communities that are also named Brighton Beach.

Within New Jersey, the name Brighton Beach is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Brighton Beach lies 2,445 miles [3,934.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brighton Beach that is located in Ocean County.
    • Connecticut
      • New London 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 Connecticut community of Brighton Beach [New London County].
    • New York
      • Kings County
      • This Brighton Beach is located in Kings County and lies 68 miles [109.4 km]<1> to the north of the Brighton Beach that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kings County community of Brighton 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 Brighton Beach.
    • South Carolina
      • Beaufort County
      • This Brighton Beach is located in Beaufort County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the southwest of the Brighton Beach that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Brighton Beach.
    • Wisconsin
      • Winnebago County
      • This Brighton Beach is located in Winnebago County and lies 795 miles [1,279.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Brighton Beach that is located in Ocean County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Winnebago County community of Brighton Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brighton 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.

  • Cedar Run
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Run is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
  • Deerhaven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Deerhaven is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerhaven
  • Haven Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Haven Beach is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Beach
  • High Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • High Point is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
  • Lincoln Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Long Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Beach is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
  • Long Beach Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Beach Park is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach Park
  • Loveladies
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Loveladies is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveladies
  • Mystic Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Mystic Island is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Island
  • Scow Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Scow Landing is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scow Landing
  • Spray Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Spray Beach is located in Ocean County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray Beach

How Far From Brighton 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 Brighton Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Brighton Beach to Toms River, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 51 miles [82.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 158 miles [254.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,747 miles [9,248.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,449 miles [10,378.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,327 miles [6,963.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brighton 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Brighton 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 Brighton 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 Brighton Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.6065, Longitude: -74.2079       In this case, the coordinates for Brighton Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.174 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.603 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.237 degrees.