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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 Coral Villas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coral Villas 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 Coral Villas:
- 26.292580, -80.083099
- 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 Coral Villas
- 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 Coral Villas 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 Coral Villas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coral Villas ...
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.
- Bonnie Lock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
- Carver Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Carver Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
- College Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- College Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Cresthaven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cresthaven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
- Crystal Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Fairlawn
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Fairlawn is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Harbor Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harbor Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Village
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Leisureville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Leisureville is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
- Lighthouse Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Paradise Palms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise Palms is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Palms
- Park Haven
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Park Haven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Haven
- Royal Oak Hills
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Royal Oak Hills is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Hills
- Sanders Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
How Far From Coral Villas 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 community such as Coral Villas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Coral Villas and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Coral Villas to Fort Lauderdale, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 383 miles [616.4 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 888 miles [1,429.1 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,581 miles [10,591.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,232 miles [11,638.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,148 miles [8,284.9 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coral Villas) 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 Coral Villas 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 Coral Villas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.2926, Longitude: -80.0831 In this case, the coordinates for Coral Villas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.488 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.449 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.519 degrees. |
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