Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Beachwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beachwood and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Beachwood
- 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 Beachwood:
- 41.485053, -81.505399
- 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 Beachwood
- 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 Cuyahoga County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cuyahoga County
- Since Beachwood is near Geauga County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Geauga County
- eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Beachwood ...
We found nine communities that share the name Beachwood.
Within Ohio, the name Beachwood is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Florida
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New Brunswick
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- New Jersey
- New York
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beachwood ...
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.
- Bluestone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest) - Euclid Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Euclid Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid Heights
- Euclid Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Points have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Five Points is located in Cuyahoga County
- Gates Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gates Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates Mills
- Gates Mills is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,206 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gates Mills <4>
- Hunting Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunting Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Valley
- Hunting Valley is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
- Little Italy
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Italy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Little Italy is located in Cuyahoga County
- Maple Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Heights
- Maple Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,863 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple Heights <4>
- Miles
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Mount Pleasant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Mount Pleasant is located in Cuyahoga County
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- Orange
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,296 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <4>
- Orange Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Center
- Orange Center is located in Cuyahoga County
- Pepper Pike
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pepper Pike have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pepper Pike
- Pepper Pike is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,437 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pepper Pike <4>
- Randall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south) - Shaker Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaker Heights
- Shaker Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26,754 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shaker Heights <4>
- University Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Heights
- University Heights is located in Cuyahoga County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,642 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for University Heights <4>
- Orange
How Far From Beachwood to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Beachwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beachwood and extending to:
- Cleveland, which is the Seat of Cuyahoga County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Beachwood to Cleveland, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 130 miles [209.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 295 miles [474.8 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,967 miles [9,603 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,569 miles [7,353.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Beachwood: www.beachwoodohio.com/
The official website for Cuyahoga County: www.cuyahoga.oh.us/
The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Beachwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beachwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4851, Longitude: -81.5054 In this case, the coordinates for Beachwood 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 Beachwood 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 Beachwood 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 310.478 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.773 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.741 degrees. |