Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Harbor Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harbor Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Harbor Village

• 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 Harbor Village:
  • 26.237860, -80.095599
  • 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 Harbor Village

• 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 Broward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
  • Since Harbor Village is near Palm Beach County and also Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade 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 Harbor Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Harbor Village ...

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
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
• Carver Village
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Carver Village is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver Village
• Coral Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Coral Hills is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hills
• Cresthaven
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cresthaven is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
• Cypress Harbor
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cypress Harbor is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Harbor
• Garden Isles
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Garden Isles is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Isles
• Imperial Point
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Imperial Point is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Point
• Leisureville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Leisureville is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
• Lighthouse Point
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Lighthouse Point is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lighthouse Point <1>
• Lyons Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyons Park is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Park
• Sanders Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Sanders Park is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Park
• Sea Ranch Lakes
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Sea Ranch Lakes is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ranch Lakes
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
• Silver Shores
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Silver Shores is located in Broward County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Shores

How Far From Harbor Village 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 community such as Harbor Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Harbor Village and extending to:

• Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies just to the South Southwest.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Harbor Village to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 891 miles [1,433.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,234 miles [11,642 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'