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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 Cloud Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cloud Lake and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cloud Lake:
    • 26.674419, -80.073296
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cloud Lake
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cloud Lake ...

We found one communities that share the name Cloud Lake.

Within Florida, the name Cloud Lake is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Cloud Lake in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Cloud Lake.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cloud Lake ...

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.

  • Cypress Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lakes
    • Cypress Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
  • Golden Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lakes
    • Golden Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
  • Golfview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golfview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
    • Golfview is located in Palm Beach County
  • Greenacres
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenacres City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenacres City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres City
    • Greenacres City is located in Palm Beach County
  • Military Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Military Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Park
    • Military Park is located in Palm Beach County
  • Rainbow Lakes
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Lakes
    • Rainbow Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
  • Royal Palm Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Singer Island
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sun Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
    • Sun Valley is located in Palm Beach County

How Far From Cloud Lake 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 town such as Cloud Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Cloud Lake and extending to:

  • West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<4> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cloud Lake to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 862 miles [1,387.3 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,564 miles [10,563.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cloud Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Palm Beach County: www.co.palm-beach.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Cloud Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cloud Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cloud Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6744, Longitude: -80.0733       In this case, the coordinates for Cloud Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Cloud Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.51 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.527 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.434 degrees.




 

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