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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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Estates of Fort Lauderdale and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Estates of Fort Lauderdale
- 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale:
- 26.051866, -80.180653
- 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale
- 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale
Curious and Interesting Names Near Estates of Fort Lauderdale ...
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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fern Crest Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
- Golden Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Golden Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Golden Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Golden Isles
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Isles
- Harbor Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Beach is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Beach
- Harbor Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbor Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
- Pine Island Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation Isles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Playland Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Playland Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
- Playland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Playland Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
- Royal Palm Ranches
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Royal Palms Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Royal Palms Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palms Park
- Sun Swept Isles
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sun Swept Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Swept Isles
- Sunrise Key
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunrise Key is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Key
- Sunshine Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
How Far From Estates of Fort Lauderdale 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Estates of Fort Lauderdale and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 392 miles [630.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Estates of Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 905 miles [1,456.5 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 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Estates of Fort Lauderdale) 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 Estates of Fort Lauderdale to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.519 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.452 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.598 degrees. |
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