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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 Paradise Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise 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 Paradise Beach:
    • 43.350627, -73.679840
    • 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 Paradise Beach
  • 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 Paradise Beach ...

We found three communities that share the name Paradise Beach.

Within New York, the name Paradise Beach is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Escambia County
      • This Paradise Beach is located in Escambia County and lies 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km]<1> to the southwest of the Paradise Beach that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Paradise Beach.
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • This Paradise Beach is located in Anne Arundel County and lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Paradise Beach that is located in Warren County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Anne Arundel County community of Paradise Beach.
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Paradise Beach.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise 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.

  • Beartown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beartown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
    • Beartown is located in Warren County
  • Big Hollow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hollow
    • Big Hollow is located in Warren County
  • English Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for English Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
    • English Village is located in Saratoga County
  • Fourth Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fourth Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourth Lake
    • Fourth Lake is located in Warren County
  • French Mountain
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for French Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French Mountain
    • French Mountain is located in Warren County
  • Glens Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hartman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartman
    • Hartman is located in Warren County
  • Kingsbury
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsbury
    • Kingsbury is located in Washington County
  • Lake George
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake George have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake George
    • Lake George is located in Warren County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 918 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake George <4>
  • Lake Sunnyside
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sunnyside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sunnyside
    • Lake Sunnyside is located in Warren County
  • Queensbury
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Queensbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensbury
    • Queensbury is located in Warren County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Queensbury <4>
  • Sandy Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Oaks
    • Sandy Oaks is located in Saratoga County
  • Tripoli
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tripoli have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli
    • Tripoli is located in Washington County

How Far From Paradise Beach to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Paradise Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Lake George, which is the Seat of Warren County, lies just to the North Northwest.
  • Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 48 miles [77.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could walk a straight line from Paradise Beach to Albany, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 353 miles [568.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,574 miles [8,970.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,290 miles [10,122.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,166 miles [6,704.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paradise Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Warren County: www.co.warren.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

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- Paradise Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paradise Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3506, Longitude: -73.6798       In this case, the coordinates for Paradise 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 Paradise 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'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 Paradise Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.429 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.37 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 301.283 degrees.









 

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