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 Silver Beach:
40.811667, -73.806389
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 Silver 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 Bronx County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found ten communities that are also named Silver Beach.
There is one other community in New York that is also named Silver Beach.
Beyond New York, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In New York ...
Suffolk County
This Silver Beach is located in Suffolk County and lies 77 miles [123.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Suffolk County community of Silver Beach.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Silver Beach lies 2,040 miles [3,283.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
Connecticut
New Haven County
This Silver Beach is located in New Haven County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Haven County community of Silver Beach.
Idaho
Kootenai County
This Silver Beach is located in Kootenai County and lies 2,152 miles [3,463.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kootenai County community of Silver Beach.
Massachusetts
Barnstable County
This Silver Beach is located in Barnstable County and lies 174 miles [280 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barnstable County community of Silver Beach.
Michigan
Cheboygan County
This Silver Beach is located in Cheboygan County and lies 630 miles [1,013.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheboygan County community of Silver Beach.
New Jersey
Ocean County
This Silver Beach is located in Ocean County and lies 57 miles [91.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ocean County community of Silver Beach.
Virginia
Northampton County
This Silver Beach is located in Northampton County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Northampton County community of Silver Beach.
Washington
Whatcom County
This Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,401 miles [3,864 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of Silver Beach.
Yakima County
This Silver Beach is located in Yakima County and lies 2,364 miles [3,804.5 km] to the west northwest of the Silver Beach that is located in Bronx County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yakima County community of Silver Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver 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 that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Silver Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Silver Beach and extending to:
Bronx, which is the Seat of Bronx County, lies just to the Northwest.
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Silver 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 5 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 216 miles [347.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,681 miles [9,142.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,387 miles [10,278.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,264 miles [6,862.2 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Silver 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.
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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.
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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 Silver 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 Silver Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.8117, Longitude: -73.8064 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.814 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.388 degrees.
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.533 degrees.