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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 Forest Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Beach 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 Forest Beach:
- 47.293985, -122.688465
- 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 Forest 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 Pierce County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Since Forest Beach is near Mason County and also Kitsap County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mason County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Kitsap 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 Forest Beach
Communities Also Named Forest Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Forest Beach.
There is one other community in Washington that is also named Forest Beach.
Beyond Washington, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Washington ...
- Mason County
- This Forest Beach is located in Mason County and lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Forest Beach that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mason County community of Forest Beach.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Emmet County
- This Forest Beach is located in Emmet County and lies 1,781 miles [2,866.2 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Beach that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emmet County community of Forest Beach.
- New York
- Onondaga County
- This Forest Beach is located in Onondaga County and lies 2,248 miles [3,617.8 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Beach that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onondaga County community of Forest Beach.
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- This Forest Beach is located in Beaufort County and lies 2,423 miles [3,899.4 km]<1> to the east of the Forest Beach that is located in Pierce County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaufort County community of Forest Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest 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.
- Castlenook ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Castlenook is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlenook
- Fox Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Gertrude
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Gertrude is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gertrude
- Gig Harbor
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Glencove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Glencove is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencove
- Harbor Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Heights is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
- Home
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Home is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
- Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hope is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Longbranch
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meridian
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Meridian is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Rosedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Sunrise Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sunrise Beach is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Beach
- Sunshine Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
- Swede Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Swede Hill is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Hill
How Far From Forest 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 Forest Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Forest Beach and extending to:
- Tacoma, which is the Seat of Pierce County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Beach to Tacoma, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Olympia, which is the State Capital of Washington, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,337 miles [3,761 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 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,799 miles [10,941.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,560 miles [12,166.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,686 miles [9,150.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forest Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Forest Beach 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 Forest Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.2940, Longitude: -122.6885 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 341.154 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 342.739 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 328.016 degrees. |
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