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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 Crescent Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent 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 Crescent Beach:
    • 43.283672, -77.662504
    • 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 Crescent 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Crescent Beach is near Wayne County and also Orleans County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Orleans 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 Crescent Beach

Communities Also Named Crescent Beach ...

We found fifteen communities that are also named Crescent Beach.

There is one other community in New York that is also named Crescent Beach.

Beyond New York, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Richmond 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 York community of Crescent Beach [Richmond County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Crescent Beach lies 2,017 miles [3,246 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in New London County and lies 310 miles [498.9 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New London County community of Crescent Beach.
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Saint Johns County and lies 953 miles [1,533.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Johns County community of Crescent Beach.
      • Sarasota 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 Crescent Beach [Sarasota County].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland 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 Maine community of Crescent Beach [Cumberland County].
      • Knox County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Knox County and lies 432 miles [695.2 km]<2> to the east of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Crescent Beach.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Plymouth County and lies 367 miles [590.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Crescent Beach.
      • Suffolk County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Suffolk County and lies 343 miles [552 km] to the east of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Crescent Beach.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Hennepin County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hennepin County community of Crescent Beach.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Crescent Beach lies 663 miles [1,067 km]<2> to the east of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
    • Ontario
      • This Crescent Beach lies 71 miles [114.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
    • Quebec
      • This Crescent Beach lies 391 miles [629.3 km]<2> to the northeast of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • This Crescent Beach is located in Horry County and lies 656 miles [1,055.7 km]<2> to the south of the Crescent Beach that is located in Monroe County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Horry County community of Crescent Beach.
    • Washington
      • Clallam 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 Crescent Beach [Clallam County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent 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.

  • Charlotte
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Charlotte is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlotte
  • Elmgrove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Elmgrove is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmgrove
  • Forest Lawn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Forest Lawn is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn
  • German Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • German Village is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Village
  • Glen Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Glen Haven is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Greece
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Island Cottage Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Island Cottage Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Cottage Beach
  • Lighthouse Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lighthouse Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Beach
  • Mount Read
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Read is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Read
  • Oklahoma Beach
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Oklahoma Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oklahoma Beach
  • Rock Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Beach is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Beach
  • Sea Breeze
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sea Breeze is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Breeze
  • Summerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Summerville is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

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

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

  • Rochester, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Crescent Beach to Rochester, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 201 miles [323.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 304 miles [489.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 18 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,737 miles [9,232.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,461 miles [10,398 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,337 miles [6,979.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>'

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 Crescent 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crescent Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Crescent 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 Crescent Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2837, Longitude: -77.6625       In this case, the coordinates for Crescent Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.923 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.165 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.209 degrees.