SpriteKit reference nodes from level editor

I'm using the scene editor in SpriteKit to place color sprites and assign them textures using the Attributes Inspector. My problem is trying to figure out how to reference those sprites from my GameScene file. For example, I'd like to know when a sprite is a certain distance from my main character. Edit - code added I'm adding the code because for some reason, appzYourLife's answer worked great in a simple test project, but not in my code. I was able to use Ron Myschuk's answer which I also included in the code below for reference. (Though, as I look at it now I think the array of tuples was overkill on my part.) As you can see, I have a Satellite class with some simple animations. There's a LevelManager class that replaces the nodes from the scene editor with the correct objects. And finally, everything gets added to the world node in GameScene.swift. Satellite Class func spawn(parentNode:SKNode, position: CGPoint, size: CGSize = CGSize(width: 50, height: 50)) { parentNode.addChild(self) createAnimations() self.size = size self.position = position self.name = "satellite" self.runAction(satAnimation) self.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(circleOfRadius: size.width / 2) self.physicsBody?.affectedByGravity = false self.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = PhysicsCategory.satellite.rawValue self.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = PhysicsCategory.laser.rawValue self.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = 0 } func createAnimations() { let flyFrames:[SKTexture] = [textureAtlas.textureNamed("sat1.png"), textureAtlas.textureNamed("sat2.png")] let flyAction = SKAction.animateWithTextures(flyFrames, timePerFrame: 0.14) satAnimation = SKAction.repeatActionForever(flyAction) let warningFrames:[SKTexture] = [textureAtlas.textureNamed("sat8.png"), textureAtlas.textureNamed("sat1.png")] let warningAction = SKAction.animateWithTextures(warningFrames, timePerFrame: 0.14) warningAnimation = SKAction.repeatActionForever(warningAction) } func warning() { self.runAction(warningAnimation) } Level Manager Class import SpriteKit class LevelManager { let levelNames:[String] = ["Level1"] var levels:[SKNode] = [] init() { for levelFileName in levelNames { let level = SKNode() if let levelScene = SKScene(fileNamed: levelFileName) { for node in levelScene.children { switch node.name! { case "satellite": let satellite = Satellite() satellite.spawn(level, position: node.position) default: print("Name error: (node.name)") } } } levels.append(level) } } func addLevelsToWorld(world: SKNode) { for index in 0...levels.count - 1 { levels[index].position = CGPoint(x: -2000, y: index * 1000) world.addChild(levels[index]) } } } GameScene.swift - didMoveToView world = SKNode() world.name = "world" addChild(world) physicsWorld.contactDelegate = self levelManager.addLevelsToWorld(self.world) levelManager.levels[0].position = CGPoint(x:0, y: 0) //This does not find the satellite nodes let satellites = children.flatMap { $0 as? Satellite } //This does work self.enumerateChildNodesWithName("//*") { node, stop in if (node.name == "satellite") { self.satTuple.0 = node.position self.satTuple.1 = (node as? SKSpriteNode)! self.currentSatellite.append(self.satTuple) } }