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 South Beach:
40.590382, -74.066808
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.
We found eight communities that share the name South Beach.
Within New York, the name South Beach is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Florida
Indian River County
This South Beach is located in Indian River County and lies 966 miles [1,554.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indian River County community of South Beach.
Saint Johns 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 Florida community of South Beach [Saint Johns County].
Massachusetts
Dukes 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 Massachusetts community of South Beach [Dukes County].
Ohio
Highland County
This South Beach is located in Highland County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the west of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highland County community of South Beach.
Ontario
This South Beach lies 342 miles [550.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
Oregon
Lincoln County
This South Beach is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,515 miles [4,047.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lincoln County community of South Beach.
Washington
Kitsap County
This South Beach is located in Kitsap County and lies 2,409 miles [3,876.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kitsap County community of South Beach.
Whatcom County
This South Beach is located in Whatcom County and lies 2,424 miles [3,901 km] to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Richmond County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Whatcom County community of South Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near South 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.
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gravesend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Great Kills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
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 South Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in South Beach and extending to:
Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<1> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from South Beach to Albany, with an average speed<5>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 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 196 miles [315.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,407 miles [10,311.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,283 miles [6,892.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
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- South Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in South Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5904, Longitude: -74.0668 In this case, the coordinates for South 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 South 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>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 South 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 305.992 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.554 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.745 degrees.