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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 Cypress Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cypress Lakes 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 Cypress Lakes:
- 26.727842, -80.122821
- 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 Cypress Lakes
- 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 Palm Beach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
- Since Cypress Lakes is near Martin County and also Broward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward 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 Cypress Lakes
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cypress Lakes ...
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.
- Cloud Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cloud Lake is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Golden Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lakes
- Golfview
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Golfview is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
- Greenacres
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenacres City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Greenacres City is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres City
- Military Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Military Park is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Park
- Monet
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Monet is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monet
- Royal Palm Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Singer Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Cypress Lakes to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cypress Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Cypress Lakes and extending to:
- West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 359 miles [577.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Cypress Lakes to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six 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 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 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<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,130 miles [8,255.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cypress Lakes) 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 Cypress Lakes 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 Cypress Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7278, Longitude: -80.1228 In this case, the coordinates for Cypress Lakes have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.538 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.567 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.437 degrees. |
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