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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 Ocean Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocean 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 Ocean Beach:
- 39.981507, -74.066248
- 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Beach is near Monmouth County and also Burlington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monmouth County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Burlington 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 Ocean Beach
Communities Also Named Ocean Beach ...
We found six communities that are also named Ocean Beach.
There is one other community in New Jersey that is also named Ocean Beach.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In New Jersey ...
- Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Ocean Beach [Monmouth County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Diego County
- This Ocean Beach is located in San Diego County and lies 2,428 miles [3,907.5 km]<2> to the west of the Ocean Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Diego County community of Ocean Beach.
- Florida
- Brevard 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 Ocean Beach [Brevard County].
- Saint Johns County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ocean Beach [Saint Johns County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- This Ocean Beach is located in Suffolk County and lies 66 miles [106.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Ocean Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Ocean Beach.
- Washington
- Cowlitz 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 Washington community of Ocean Beach [Cowlitz County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocean 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.
- Anchorage
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Anchorage is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
- Cedar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cherry Quay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Quay is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Quay
- Evergreen Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen Shores is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Shores
- Green Island
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Green Island is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Island
- Holiday City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Holiday City is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday City
- Island Beach Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Normandy Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Normandy Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Beach
- Pine Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Terrace is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- River Bank
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- River Bank is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bank
- Silver Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Bay is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Bay
- Silver Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Silver Beach is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Snug Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Snug Harbor is located in Ocean County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
How Far From Ocean 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 Ocean Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ocean Beach and extending to:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies just to the West Southwest.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 40 miles [64.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Ocean Beach to Trenton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 175 miles [281.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,726 miles [9,215.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,429 miles [10,346.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,306 miles [6,929.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 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 Ocean 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ocean 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 Ocean 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 Ocean Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9815, Longitude: -74.0662 In this case, the coordinates for Ocean Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.054 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.527 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.014 degrees. |
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