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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 Bal Harbor Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bal Harbor 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 Bal Harbor Beach:
- 25.895000, -80.123889
- 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 Bal Harbor 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 Miami-Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Since Bal Harbor Beach 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 Bal Harbor Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bal Harbor 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.
- Eastern Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Eastern Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Shores
- Golden Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Golden Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Golden Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Shores
- Indian Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Creek is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Indian Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Creek Village is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Village
- Isle of Normandy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Isle of Normandy is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Normandy
- Isle of Normandy has also been known as:
- Normandy Isle
- Normandy
- Keystone Islands
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Keystone Islands is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Islands
- Normandy Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Normandy Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Shores
- Surfside
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Bal Harbor Beach to ...
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 Bal Harbor Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bal Harbor Beach and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bal Harbor Beach to Miami, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 402 miles [647 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 915 miles [1,472.5 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 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,167 miles [8,315.5 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 '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- Bal Harbor Beach) 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 Bal Harbor 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 Bal Harbor Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.8950, Longitude: -80.1239 In this case, the coordinates for Bal Harbor Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.479 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.384 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.615 degrees. |
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