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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 Hammondville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hammondville 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 Hammondville:
    • 26.244526, -80.201158
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Hammondville
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Hammondville ...

We found three communities that share the name Hammondville.

Within Florida, the name Hammondville is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Hammondville is located in DeKalb County and lies 659 miles [1,060.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Hammondville that is located in Broward County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Hammondville.
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hammondville [Essex County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Fayette County
      • This Hammondville is located in Fayette County and lies 958 miles [1,541.8 km]<1> to the north of the Hammondville that is located in Broward County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Hammondville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hammondville ...

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.

  • Bonnie Lock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonnie Lock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
    • Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
  • Carver Village
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carver Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
    • Carver Village is located in Broward County
  • Coconut Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Coral Springs
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crystal Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
    • Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
  • Cypress Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Harbor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Harbor
    • Cypress Harbor is located in Broward County
  • Fair Gate
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Gate
    • Fair Gate is located in Broward County
  • Garden Isles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Isles
    • Garden Isles is located in Broward County
  • Lakeview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Broward County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Leisureville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leisureville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
      • Leisureville is located in Broward County
    • Lyons Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lyons Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Park
      • Lyons Park is located in Broward County
    • Royal Palm Isles
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Royal Palm Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Isles
      • Royal Palm Isles is located in Broward County
    • Sanders Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanders Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
      • Sanders Park is located in Broward County
    • Twin Lakes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
      • Twin Lakes is located in Broward County
    • Village Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
      • Village Park is located in Broward County

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

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

  • Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hammondville to Fort Lauderdale, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 381 miles [613.2 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 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 892 miles [1,435.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,589 miles [10,604 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hammondville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Broward County: www.broward.org/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Hammondville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hammondville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.2445, Longitude: -80.2012       In this case, the coordinates for Hammondville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Hammondville 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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Hammondville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.543 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.506 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.563 degrees.









 

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