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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 Andover Golf Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andover Golf Estates 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 Andover Golf Estates:
- 25.964259, -80.208381
- 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 Andover Golf Estates
- 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 Miami-Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Since Andover Golf Estates is near Broward County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach 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 Andover Golf Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Andover Golf Estates ...
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.
- Carol City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eastern Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eastern Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Shores
- Edgewater
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Golden Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Golden Glades
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Golden Isles
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Golden Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Isles
- Golden Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Golden Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Shores
- Keystone Islands
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Keystone Islands is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Islands
- Playland Isles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Playland Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
- Royal Country
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Royal Country is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Country
- Royal Palm Ranches
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Sun Swept Isles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sun Swept Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Swept Isles
- Sunshine Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
How Far From Andover Golf Estates 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 Andover Golf Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Andover Golf Estates and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Andover Golf Estates to Miami, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 395 miles [635.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 911 miles [1,466.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Andover Golf Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Andover Golf Estates 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 Andover Golf Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.9643, Longitude: -80.2084 In this case, the coordinates for Andover Golf Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.526 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.448 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.624 degrees. |
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