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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 Beachville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beachville 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 Beachville:
    • 42.455902, -77.632769
    • 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 Beachville
  • 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 Steuben County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Steuben County
    • Since Beachville is near Allegany County and also Livingston County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allegany County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Livingston 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 Beachville

Communities Also Named Beachville ...

We found five communities that are also named Beachville.

Within New York, the name Beachville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Suwannee County
      • This Beachville is located in Suwannee County and lies 907 miles [1,459.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Beachville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suwannee County community of Beachville.
    • Kentucky
      • Metcalfe 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 Kentucky community of Beachville [Metcalfe County].
    • Maryland
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Beachville is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 304 miles [489.2 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beachville that is located in Steuben County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Beachville.
    • Ontario
      • This Beachville lies 167 miles [268.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beachville that is located in Steuben County.
    • Tennessee
      • Williamson County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Beachville [Williamson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Beachville ...

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.

  • Big Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Big Creek is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
  • Bishopville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bishopville is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bishopville
  • Bloomerville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Bloomerville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomerville
  • Burns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Burns is located in Allegany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
  • Butcher Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Butcher Corner is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Corner
  • Dansville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Howard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Howard is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
  • Jobs Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jobs Corner is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jobs Corner
  • Patchinville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Patchinville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
  • Rogersville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Rogersville is located in Steuben County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville

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

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

  • Bath, which is the Seat of Steuben County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beachville to Bath, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 247 miles [397.5 km] to the south (S). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,771 miles [9,287.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,492 miles [10,447.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,367 miles [7,028 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Beachville) 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 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 Beachville 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>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beachville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Beachville 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 Beachville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.4559, Longitude: -77.6328       In this case, the coordinates for Beachville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.981 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.098 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.547 degrees.