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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 Harmony Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Harmony Heights 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 Harmony Heights:
- 27.479204, -80.357273
- 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 Harmony Heights
- 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 Harmony Heights 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 Harmony Heights
Communities Also Named Harmony Heights ...
We found two communities that are also named Harmony Heights.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Harmony Heights.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Harmony Heights in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough County
- This Harmony Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harmony Heights that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Harmony Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Saint Tammany Parish
- This Harmony Heights is located in Saint Tammany Parish and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Harmony Heights that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Tammany Parish community of Harmony Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Harmony Heights ...
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
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Indian River Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jensen Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oslo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Oslo is located in Indian River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Paradise Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Paradise Park is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Park
- Queens Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queens Cove is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Cove
- River Park
(11 miles [17.7 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 southeast)
- Skyline Heights is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Viking
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Viking is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Waveland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Waveland is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
- Winter Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Harmony Heights 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 Harmony Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Harmony Heights and extending to:
- Fort Pierce, which is the Seat of Saint Lucie County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 312 miles [502.1 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Harmony Heights 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 811 miles [1,305.2 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 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,109 miles [8,222.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Harmony Heights) 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 Harmony Heights 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 Harmony Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4792, Longitude: -80.3573 In this case, the coordinates for Harmony Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.706 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.864 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.341 degrees. |
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