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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 Highland Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland Lakes 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 Highland Lakes:
    • 25.968425, -80.163102
    • 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 Highland Lakes
  • 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 Highland Lakes ...

We found four communities that share the name Highland Lakes.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Highland Lakes.

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

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Highlands County
      • This Highland Lakes is located in Highlands County and lies 142 miles [228.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highland Lakes that is located in Miami-Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Highlands County community of Highland Lakes.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Teller 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 Colorado community of Highland Lakes [Teller County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Highland Lakes is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 728 miles [1,171.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Highland Lakes that is located in Miami-Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Highland Lakes.
    • New Jersey
      • Sussex County
      • This Highland Lakes is located in Sussex County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Highland Lakes that is located in Miami-Dade County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sussex County community of Highland Lakes.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland Lakes ...

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
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Eastern Shores
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Shores
    • Eastern Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Golden Beach
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
    • Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
  • Golden Glades
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Glades have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
    • Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Golden Isles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Isles
    • Golden Isles is located in Broward County
  • Golden Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Shores
    • Golden Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Indian Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
    • Indian Creek is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Indian Creek Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Village
    • Indian Creek Village is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Keystone Islands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Islands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Islands
    • Keystone Islands is located in Miami-Dade County
  • Playland Isles
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Playland Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
    • Playland Isles is located in Broward County
  • Sun Swept Isles
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Swept Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Swept Isles
    • Sun Swept Isles is located in Broward County
  • Sunshine Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
    • Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
  • Surfside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Highland Lakes to Miami, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 397 miles [638.9 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 910 miles [1,464.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,599 miles [10,620.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,248 miles [11,664.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

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

The official website for Miami-Dade County: www.miamidade.gov/

The official website for State of Florida: https://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 drawn from Point A (ie- Highland Lakes) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Highland Lakes. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.9684, Longitude: -80.1631       In this case, the coordinates for Highland Lakes 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 Highland Lakes 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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 Highland Lakes 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 309.504 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.423 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.61 degrees.




 

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