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website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
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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 Beaumont:
47.588155, -122.227623
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 twenty communities that share the name Beaumont.
Within Washington, the name Beaumont is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, fifteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alberta
This Beaumont lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
California
Riverside County
This Beaumont is located in Riverside County and lies 981 miles [1,578.8 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Beaumont.
San Bernardino 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 California community of Beaumont [San Bernardino County].
Colorado
El Paso 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 Colorado community of Beaumont [El Paso County].
Kansas
Butler County
This Beaumont is located in Butler County and lies 1,464 miles [2,356.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Beaumont.
Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Beaumont [Cherokee County].
Kentucky
Metcalfe County
This Beaumont is located in Metcalfe County and lies 1,988 miles [3,199.4 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Metcalfe County community of Beaumont.
Manitoba
This Beaumont lies 1,147 miles [1,845.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
Mississippi
Perry County
This Beaumont is located in Perry County and lies 2,083 miles [3,352.3 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Beaumont.
New Brunswick
This Beaumont lies 2,666 miles [4,290.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
Newfoundland and Labrador
This Beaumont lies 2,939 miles [4,729.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
North Carolina
Chatham 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 North Carolina community of Beaumont [Chatham County].
Henderson County
This Beaumont is located in Henderson County and lies 2,196 miles [3,534.1 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Beaumont.
Ohio
Athens County
This Beaumont is located in Athens County and lies 2,061 miles [3,316.9 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Athens County community of Beaumont.
Pennsylvania
Wyoming County
This Beaumont is located in Wyoming County and lies 2,281 miles [3,670.9 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Beaumont.
Quebec
This Beaumont lies 2,357 miles [3,793.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
Texas
Jefferson County
This Beaumont is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,916 miles [3,083.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Beaumont.
Virginia
Goochland 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 Virginia community of Beaumont [Goochland County].
Powhatan County
This Beaumont is located in Powhatan County and lies 2,318 miles [3,730.5 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Powhatan County community of Beaumont.
Wisconsin
Racine County
This Beaumont is located in Racine County and lies 1,680 miles [2,703.7 km]<1> to the east of the Beaumont that is located in King County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Beaumont.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beaumont ...
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.
Boddy (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boddy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Beaumont to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beaumont and extending to:
Seattle, which is the Seat of King County, lies just to the West Northwest.
Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 49 miles [78.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could walk a straight line from Beaumont to Olympia, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of two days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,315 miles [3,725.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 91 days and walking would take 132 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,773 miles [10,900.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,535 miles [12,126.4 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,658 miles [9,105.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
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- Beaumont) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Beaumont. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5882, Longitude: -122.2276 In this case, the coordinates for Beaumont 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 Beaumont 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 Beaumont 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 340.786 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.326 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.691 degrees.