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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 Highland Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland 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 Highland Beach:
    • 42.877568, -76.515217
    • 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 Highland 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 Cayuga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Cayuga County
    • Since Highland Beach is near Onondaga County and also Seneca County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Onondaga County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seneca 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 Highland Beach

Communities Also Named Highland Beach ...

We found seven communities that are also named Highland Beach.

Within New York, the name Highland Beach is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Palm Beach County
      • This Highland Beach is located in Palm Beach County and lies 1,155 miles [1,858.8 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Highland Beach that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Highland Beach.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Highland Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 272 miles [437.7 km]<1> to the south of the Highland Beach that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Highland Beach.
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth 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 New Jersey community of Highland Beach [Monmouth County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma community of Highland Beach [Oklahoma County].
    • Ontario
      • This Highland Beach lies 148 miles [238.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highland Beach that is located in Cayuga County.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • This Highland Beach is located in Kent County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Highland Beach that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Highland Beach.
    • Wisconsin
      • Calumet County
      • This Highland Beach is located in Calumet County and lies 597 miles [960.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Beach that is located in Cayuga County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calumet County community of Highland Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland 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.

  • Baptist Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Baptist Corners is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baptist Corners
  • Cold Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cold Spring is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Edgewater
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Edgewater is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Edgewater Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Edgewater Park is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park
  • Half Acre
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Half Acre is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Acre
  • Indian Cove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Indian Cove is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Cove
  • Jones Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jones Beach is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Beach
  • Long Bridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Long Bridge is located in Onondaga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Bridge
  • Petty Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Petty Corner is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petty Corner
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Powers Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Powers Corner is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers Corner
    • Shamrock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Shamrock is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
    • Sherlock Corners
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sherlock Corners is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherlock Corners
    • Wicks Corners
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wicks Corners is located in Cayuga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wicks Corners
    • Willow Glen
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Glen is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Glen
    • Winding Ways
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Winding Ways is located in Onondaga County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Ways

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

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

  • Auburn, which is the Seat of Cayuga County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 140 miles [225.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Highland Beach to Albany, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 276 miles [444.2 km] to the south (S). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,708 miles [9,186.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,428 miles [10,344.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,304 miles [6,926.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>'

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Beach) 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 Highland 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>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 Highland 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 Highland Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8776, Longitude: -76.5152       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.244 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.334 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.839 degrees.