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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 Fisher Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fisher Island 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 Fisher Island:
- 25.760933, -80.140046
- 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 Fisher Island
- 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 Miami-Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Since Fisher Island is near Broward County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Fisher Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fisher Island ...
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.
- Coconut Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Coconut Grove is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coconut Grove
- Indian Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Creek is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Indian Creek Village
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Indian Creek Village is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Village
- Isle of Normandy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Isle of Normandy is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Normandy
- Isle of Normandy has also been known as:
- Normandy Isle
- Normandy
- Latin Quarter
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Latin Quarter is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latin Quarter
- Lemon City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lemon City is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon City
- Liberty Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty Square is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Little Havana
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Havana is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Havana
- Little River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little River is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Normandy Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Normandy Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Shores
- Sunrise Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sunrise Harbor is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Harbor
- Surfside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
How Far From Fisher Island 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 Fisher Island to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fisher Island and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 409 miles [658.2 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fisher Island 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 24 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 924 miles [1,487 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,607 miles [10,632.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,174 miles [8,326.7 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fisher Island) 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 Fisher Island 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 Fisher Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.7609, Longitude: -80.1400 In this case, the coordinates for Fisher Island have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.476 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.364 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.647 degrees. |
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