Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in South Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South Beach and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for South Beach
- 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 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on South 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 Richmond County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Richmond County
- Since South Beach is near Kings County and also Hudson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Kings County
- eBird sighting report for Hudson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named South Beach ...
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.
- Florida
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.
- Bath Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath Beach
- Bath Beach is located in Kings County
- Bulls Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bulls Head have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulls Head
- Bulls Head is located in Richmond County
- Coney Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coney Island
- Coney Island is located in Kings County
- Elm Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Fox Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Fresh Kills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fresh Kills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fresh Kills
- Fresh Kills is located in Richmond County
- Graniteville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graniteville
- Graniteville is located in Richmond County
- Gravesend
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Great Kills
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Kills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Kills
- Great Kills is located in Richmond County
- Greenridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenridge
- Greenridge is located in Richmond County
- Heartland Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartland Village
- Heartland Village is located in Richmond County
- Mariners Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariners Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariners Harbor
- Mariners Harbor is located in Richmond County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Old Place
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Park Slope
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Slope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Slope
- Park Slope is located in Kings County
- Red Hook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hook
- Red Hook is located in Kings County
- Rosebank
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Sheepshead Bay
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheepshead Bay
- Sheepshead Bay is located in Kings County
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest) - Willowbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willowbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowbrook
- Willowbrook is located in Richmond County
- Old Place
How Far From South 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 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:
- Saint George, which is the Seat of Richmond County, lies just to the North.
- 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<4>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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
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- 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 305.992 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 301.554 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.745 degrees. |