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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 Fern Crest Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fern Crest Village 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 Fern Crest Village:
- 26.089254, -80.219214
- 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 Fern Crest Village
- 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 Fern Crest Village 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 Fern Crest Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fern Crest Village ...
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
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Edgewater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Golden Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Pine Island Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Plantation Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Playland Isles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Playland Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
- Playland Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Playland Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
- Royal Palm Ranches
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Royal Palm Ranches is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Ranches
- Royal Palms Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Palms Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palms Park
- Sunrise Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Sunshine Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
How Far From Fern Crest Village 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 Fern Crest Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fern Crest Village and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 388 miles [624.4 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fern Crest Village 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 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 903 miles [1,453.2 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 6,597 miles [10,616.8 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 '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- Fern Crest Village) 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 Fern Crest Village 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 Fern Crest Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0893, Longitude: -80.2192 In this case, the coordinates for Fern Crest Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.54 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.482 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.601 degrees. |
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