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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 Andytown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Andytown 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 Andytown:
- 26.145919, -80.441720
- 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 Andytown
- 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 Broward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- Since Andytown is near Palm Beach County and also Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade 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 Andytown
Curious and Interesting Names Near Andytown ...
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.
- Davie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Green Meadow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Green Meadow is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Pine Island Ridge
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Plantation Isles
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Rolling Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Royal Palm Ranches
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Sunrise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
How Far From Andytown 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 Andytown to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Andytown and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Andytown to Fort Lauderdale, 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 five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 377 miles [606.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 6 hours, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 902 miles [1,451.6 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 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,256 miles [11,677.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,171 miles [8,321.9 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' (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- Andytown) 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 Andytown 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 Andytown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1459, Longitude: -80.4417 In this case, the coordinates for Andytown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.655 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.622 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.652 degrees. |
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