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 Forest Beach:
43.220624, -76.091589
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 Forest 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 Onondaga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found four communities that are also named Forest Beach.
Within New York, the name Forest Beach is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Michigan
Emmet County
This Forest Beach is located in Emmet County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Beach that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Forest Beach.
South Carolina
Beaufort County
This Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County and lies 805 miles [1,295.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Forest Beach that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Forest Beach.
Washington
Mason County
This Forest Beach is located in Mason County and lies 2,258 miles [3,633.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Beach that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Forest Beach.
Pierce County
This Forest Beach is located in Pierce County and lies 2,248 miles [3,617.8 km] to the west northwest of the Forest Beach that is located in Onondaga County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pierce County community of Forest Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest 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.
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 Forest Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest Beach and extending to:
Syracuse, which is the Seat of Onondaga County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Beach to Syracuse, with an average speed<3> 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.
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 123 miles [197.9 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 302 miles [486 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,677 miles [9,136.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,398 miles [10,296.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,273 miles [6,876.7 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' (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- Forest Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Forest 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 Forest Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.2206, Longitude: -76.0916 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 306.943 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.051 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.485 degrees.