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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 Golfview, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Golfview and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Golfview:
    • 26.689281, -80.113273
    • 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 Golfview
  • 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 Palm Beach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
    • Since Golfview is near Martin County and also Broward County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
    • 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 Golfview

Communities Also Named Golfview ...

We found one communities that are also named Golfview.

Within Florida, the name Golfview is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Golfview in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Fayette County
      • This Golfview is located in Fayette County and lies 535 miles [861 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Golfview that is located in Palm Beach County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Golfview.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Golfview ...

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.

How Far From Golfview 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 Golfview to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Golfview and extending to:

  • West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies just to the East Northeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 361 miles [581 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Golfview to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 861 miles [1,385.6 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,565 miles [10,565.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,218 miles [11,616.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,132 miles [8,259.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Golfview) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Golfview 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 Golfview. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6893, Longitude: -80.1133       In this case, the coordinates for Golfview have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.531 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.553 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.443 degrees.