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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 Fakahatchee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fakahatchee 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 Fakahatchee:
- 25.868434, -81.489249
- 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 Fakahatchee
- 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 Collier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collier County
- Since Fakahatchee is near Monroe County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Fakahatchee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fakahatchee ...
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.
- Everglades City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Goodland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Grocery Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grocery Place is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grocery Place
- Jerome
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jerome is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Lee Cypress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cypress is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cypress
- Plantation Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Plantation Island is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Island
- Royal Palm Hammock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Palm Hammock is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Hammock
- Weavers Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Weavers Station is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Station
How Far From Fakahatchee 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 Fakahatchee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fakahatchee and extending to:
- Naples, which is the Seat of Collier County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fakahatchee to Naples, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 358 miles [576.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 21 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 936 miles [1,506.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 54 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,667 miles [10,729.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,320 miles [11,780.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,233 miles [8,421.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fakahatchee) 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 Fakahatchee 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 Fakahatchee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.8684, Longitude: -81.4892 In this case, the coordinates for Fakahatchee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.156 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.01 degrees. |
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