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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 Country Club Isles, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Club Isles 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 Country Club Isles:
    • 26.249526, -80.093099
    • 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 Country Club Isles
  • 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 Country Club Isles 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 Country Club Isles

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Club Isles ...

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 northwest)
    • Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
  • Carver Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Carver Village is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
  • Cresthaven
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Cresthaven is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
  • Crystal Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
  • Cypress Harbor
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cypress Harbor is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Harbor
  • Fairlawn
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Fairlawn is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
  • Garden Isles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Isles is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Isles
  • Harbor Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Harbor Village is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Village
  • Imperial Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Imperial Point is located in Broward County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Point
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Leisureville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Leisureville is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
    • Lighthouse Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Lyons Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Lyons Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Park
    • Park Haven
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Park Haven is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Haven
    • Sanders Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Sanders Park is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
    • Sea Ranch Lakes
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Sea Ranch Lakes is located in Broward County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ranch Lakes
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people

How Far From Country Club Isles 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 Country Club Isles to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Country Club Isles and extending to:

  • Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Country Club Isles 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 385 miles [619.6 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 891 miles [1,433.9 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 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,234 miles [11,642 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,150 miles [8,288.1 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Country Club Isles) 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 Country Club Isles 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 Country Club Isles. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.2495, Longitude: -80.0931       In this case, the coordinates for Country Club Isles have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.49 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.445 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.531 degrees.