Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Pebble Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pebble Beach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Pebble 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 Pebble Beach:
- 39.765397, -74.196806
- 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 Pebble 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:
- eBird sighting report for Ocean County
- Since Pebble Beach is near Burlington County and also Atlantic County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Burlington County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Pebble Beach ...
We found eight communities that share the name Pebble Beach.
Within New Jersey, the name Pebble Beach is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Monterey County and lies 2,570 miles [4,136 km]<1> to the west of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Pebble Beach.
- Illinois
- Grundy County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Grundy County and lies 752 miles [1,210.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grundy County community of Pebble Beach.
- Manitoba
- This Pebble Beach lies 1,398 miles [2,249.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- New York
- Livingston County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Livingston County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Pebble Beach.
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Carteret County and lies 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carteret County community of Pebble Beach.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Horry County and lies 496 miles [798.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Pebble Beach.
- Texas
- Collin 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 Texas community of Pebble Beach [Collin County].
- Washington
- Island County
- This Pebble Beach is located in Island County and lies 2,422 miles [3,897.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Pebble Beach that is located in Ocean County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Pebble Beach.
- California
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pebble 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 southwest) - Cranberry Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cranberry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry Hill
- Cranberry Hill is located in Ocean County
- Deerhaven
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest) - Forked River
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River
- Forked River is located in Ocean County
- Forked River Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forked River Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River Beach
- Forked River Beach is located in Ocean County
- Forked River Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forked River Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forked River Point
- Forked River Point is located in Ocean County
- High Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- High Point is located in Ocean County
- Holiday Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Beach
- Holiday Beach is located in Ocean County
- Lincoln Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Ocean County
- Long Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach
- Long Beach is located in Ocean County
- Long Beach Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Beach Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Beach Park
- Long Beach Park is located in Ocean County
- Loveladies
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loveladies have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loveladies
- Loveladies is located in Ocean County
- Sunrise Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
- Sunrise Beach is located in Ocean County
How Far From Pebble 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 Pebble Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Pebble Beach and extending to:
- Toms River, which is the Seat of Ocean County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Pebble Beach to Toms River, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Trenton, which is the State Capital of New Jersey, lies 43 miles [69.2 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 just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,740 miles [9,237.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,442 miles [10,367.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,320 miles [6,952.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pebble Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Ocean County: www.oceancountygov.com/
The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.state.nj.us/
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- Pebble Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pebble Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7654, Longitude: -74.1968 In this case, the coordinates for Pebble 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 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 Pebble 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 Pebble 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 306.152 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.603 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.164 degrees. |