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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 Fort Pierce Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Pierce Shores 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 Fort Pierce Shores:
- 27.486704, -80.299216
- 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 Fort Pierce Shores
- 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 Saint Lucie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lucie County
- Since Fort Pierce Shores is near Indian River County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indian River County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Fort Pierce Shores
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Pierce Shores ...
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.
- Eden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Eden is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Harmony Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Harmony Heights is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights
- Indian River Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jensen Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Oslo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Oslo is located in Indian River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Paradise Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paradise Park is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Queens Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Queens Cove is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Cove
- River Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- River Park is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
- Skyline Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Skyline Heights is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Viking
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Viking is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Waveland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waveland is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
- Winter Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Fort Pierce Shores to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Fort Pierce Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Pierce Shores and extending to:
- Fort Pierce, which is the Seat of Saint Lucie County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 315 miles [506.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Pierce Shores to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Pierce Shores) 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 Fort Pierce Shores 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 Fort Pierce Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4867, Longitude: -80.2992 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Pierce Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.677 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.831 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.322 degrees. |
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