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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 Golden Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach:
- 25.965953, -80.121097
- 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 Golden Beach
- 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 Golden Beach is near Broward County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward 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 Golden Beach
Communities Also Named Golden Beach ...
We found four communities that are also named Golden Beach.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Golden Beach.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Sarasota 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 Florida community of Golden Beach [Sarasota County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Saint Mary's County
- This Golden Beach is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Golden Beach that is located in Miami-Dade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Golden Beach.
- Ontario
- This Golden Beach lies 1,317 miles [2,119.5 km]<2> to the north of the Golden Beach that is located in Miami-Dade County.
- Texas
- Llano County
- This Golden Beach is located in Llano County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Golden Beach that is located in Miami-Dade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Golden Beach.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Golden Beach ...
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.
- Carol City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Eastern Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Eastern Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Shores
- Golden Glades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Golden Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Golden Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Isles
- Golden Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Golden Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Shores
- Indian Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- 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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Indian Creek Village is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Village
- Isle of Normandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- 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
- Keystone Islands
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Keystone Islands is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Islands
- Normandy Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Normandy Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Shores
- Sun Swept Isles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Sun Swept Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Swept Isles
- Sunshine Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
- Surfside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Golden Beach 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 town such as Golden Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Golden Beach and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Golden Beach to Miami, 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 399 miles [642.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 910 miles [1,464.5 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<5> 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).<6>
- 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).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,164 miles [8,310.7 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 Golden Beach 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Golden Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.9660, Longitude: -80.1211 In this case, the coordinates for Golden Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.483 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.399 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.599 degrees. |
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