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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 Beach Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beach Haven and the surrounding area.
- 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 Beach Haven:
- 41.068353, -76.175915
- 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 Beach Haven
- 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 Luzerne County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Luzerne County
- Since Beach Haven is near Columbia County and also Schuylkill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Schuylkill 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Beach Haven
Communities Also Named Beach Haven ...
We found three communities that are also named Beach Haven.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Beach Haven is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Escambia County
- This Beach Haven is located in Escambia County and lies 964 miles [1,551.4 km]<1> to the southwest of the Beach Haven that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Escambia County community of Beach Haven.
- New Jersey
- Ocean 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 New Jersey community of Beach Haven [Ocean County].
- Washington
- San Juan County
- This Beach Haven is located in San Juan County and lies 2,309 miles [3,716 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Beach Haven that is located in Luzerne County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Juan County community of Beach Haven.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beach Haven ...
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.
- Dennis Mills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dennis Mills is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dennis Mills
- Dogtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dogtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogtown
- Fern Glen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fern Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Five Points
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Five Points is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Foundryville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Foundryville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foundryville
- Fowlersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fowlersville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlersville
- Glen Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Glen Junction is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Junction
- Gum Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Gum Run is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Run
- Hobbie
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Hobbie is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbie
- Jonestown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Jonestown is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonestown
- Lee
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lime Ridge is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Ridge
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mountain Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pond Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hill
- Rock Glen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Glen is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Glen
- Summer Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Summer Hill is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summer Hill
- Tomhicken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Town Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Town Hill is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Hill
- Willow Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Willow Springs is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
How Far From Beach Haven to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Beach Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beach Haven and extending to:
- Wilkes-Barre, which is the Seat of Luzerne County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beach Haven to Wilkes-Barre, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 156 miles [251.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,770 miles [9,285.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,358 miles [7,013.5 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' (or 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- Beach Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Beach Haven 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> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Beach Haven 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 Beach Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0684, Longitude: -76.1759 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.209 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.006 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.464 degrees. |
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