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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 Flamingo Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flamingo Bay 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 Flamingo Bay:
- 26.572021, -82.103981
- 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 Flamingo Bay
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Flamingo Bay is near Charlotte County and also Collier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collier 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 Flamingo Bay
Communities Also Named Flamingo Bay ...
We found one communities that are also named Flamingo Bay.
Within Florida, the name Flamingo Bay is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Flamingo Bay in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Harris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Flamingo Bay [Harris County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Flamingo Bay ...
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.
- Biggar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Cypress Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cypress Lake is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lake
- Lakeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lakeville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Page Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Page Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Park
- Palm and Pine Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Palm and Pine Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm and Pine Park
- Pirate Harbor
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pirate Harbor is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbor
- Shell Point Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Point Village is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point Village
- Truckland ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Truckland is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckland
- Whiskey Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Whiskey Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Creek
How Far From Flamingo Bay 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 city such as Flamingo Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Flamingo Bay and extending to:
- Fort Myers, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flamingo Bay to Fort Myers, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 297 miles [478 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 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,324 miles [11,786.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Flamingo Bay could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Flamingo Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Flamingo Bay 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 Flamingo Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.5720, Longitude: -82.1040 In this case, the coordinates for Flamingo Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.53 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.692 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.055 degrees. |
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