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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 Canaveral Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Canaveral Acres 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 Canaveral Acres:
- 28.416949, -80.834501
- 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 Canaveral Acres
- 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 Brevard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brevard County
- Since Canaveral Acres is near Orange County and also Osceola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osceola 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 Canaveral Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Canaveral Acres ...
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.
- Angel City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Angel City is located in Brevard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Audubon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Audubon is located in Brevard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Audubon
- Christmas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cocoa
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Footman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Footman is located in Brevard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Footman
- Indian River City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Indian River City is located in Brevard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River City
- Rockledge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Sharpes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Williams Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Williams Point is located in Brevard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Point
How Far From Canaveral Acres 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 Canaveral Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Canaveral Acres and extending to:
- Titusville, which is the Seat of Brevard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Canaveral Acres to Titusville, 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 249 miles [400.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 755 miles [1,215.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 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- Canaveral Acres) 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 Canaveral Acres 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 Canaveral Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4169, Longitude: -80.8345 In this case, the coordinates for Canaveral Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.01 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.344 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.278 degrees. |
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