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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 Hialeah Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hialeah Estates 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 Hialeah Estates:
- 25.857874, -80.291162
- 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 Hialeah Estates
- 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 Hialeah Estates is near Broward County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Hialeah Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hialeah Estates ...
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
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Coral Terrace
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Coral Terrace is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Terrace
- Golden Glades
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Latin Quarter
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Latin Quarter is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latin Quarter
- Lemon City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lemon City is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon City
- Liberty Square
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Liberty Square is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Little Havana
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Havana is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Havana
- Little River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Little River is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Medley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Royal Country
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Royal Country is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Country
- Virginia Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Virginia Gardens is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,345 people
How Far From Hialeah Estates 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 Hialeah Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hialeah Estates and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 398 miles [640.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hialeah Estates 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 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 919 miles [1,479 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,259 miles [11,682.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Hialeah Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hialeah Estates 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 Hialeah Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.8579, Longitude: -80.2912 In this case, the coordinates for Hialeah Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.558 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.669 degrees. |
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