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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 South Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to South 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 South Beach:
    • 39.182566, -83.476861
    • 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
  • 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 Ohio, the name South Beach is unique.

Beyond Ohio, 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 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the south southeast of the South Beach that is located in Highland 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].
    • New York
      • Richmond County
      • This South Beach is located in Richmond County and lies 507 miles [815.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the South Beach that is located in Highland County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richmond County community of South Beach.
    • Ontario
      • This South Beach lies 454 miles [730.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the South Beach that is located in Highland County.
    • Oregon
      • Lincoln County
      • This South Beach is located in Lincoln County and lies 2,096 miles [3,373.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Highland 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 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Highland 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 2,049 miles [3,297.5 km] to the west northwest of the South Beach that is located in Highland 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.

  • Beaver Mill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Mill
    • Beaver Mill is located in Highland County
  • Boston
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
    • Boston is located in Highland County
  • Coon Crossing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coon Crossing
    • Coon Crossing is located in Highland County
  • Cynthiana
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
    • Cynthiana is located in Pike County
  • Lincolnville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincolnville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnville
    • Lincolnville is located in Highland County
  • Marshall
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Marshall is located in Highland County
  • Prospect
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prospect have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
    • Prospect is located in Highland County
  • Stringtown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stringtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
    • Stringtown is located in Highland County
  • Turkey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Turkey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
    • Turkey is located in Highland County

How Far From South Beach 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 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:

  • Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Highland County, lies just to the West.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 60 miles [96.6 km]<1> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from South Beach to Columbus, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 345 miles [555.2 km] to the east (E). 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 6,150 miles [9,897.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,872 miles [11,059.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,747 miles [7,639.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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 Highland County: www.highland-co.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' 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: 39.1826, Longitude: -83.4769       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>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 311.784 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.916 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.413 degrees.




 

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