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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 Cooper City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cooper City 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 Cooper City:
- 26.055008, -80.269518
- 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 Cooper City
- 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 Cooper City is near Miami-Dade County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade 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 Cooper City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cooper City ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Edgewater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fern Crest Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
- Pine Island Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Plantation Isles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Playland Isles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Playland Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
- Playland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Playland Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
- Royal Palm Ranches
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Sunshine Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
How Far From Cooper City 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 city such as Cooper City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cooper City and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cooper City to Fort Lauderdale, 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 388 miles [624.4 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 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 906 miles [1,458.1 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 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,250 miles [11,667.7 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cooper City) 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 Cooper City 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 Cooper City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0550, Longitude: -80.2695 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.563 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.503 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.622 degrees. |
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