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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 Hometown Lake Worth Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hometown Lake Worth Village and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Hometown Lake Worth 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 Hometown Lake Worth Village:
    • 26.613400, -80.126600
    • 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 Hometown Lake Worth 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 Palm Beach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
    • Since Hometown Lake Worth Village is near Broward County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Broward 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 Hometown Lake Worth Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hometown Lake Worth 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.

  • Briny Breezes
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Briny Breezes is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briny Breezes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
  • Chapel Hill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapel Hill is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Cloud Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloud Lake is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
  • Cypress Lakes
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lakes
  • Dunes Road
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Dunes Road is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes Road
  • Golden Lakes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Golden Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lakes
  • Golf
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Golf is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golf <1>
  • Golfview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Golfview is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfview
  • Greenacres
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Greenacres City
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenacres City is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres City
  • Military Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Military Park is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Park
  • Rainbow Lakes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Rainbow Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Lakes
  • Sun Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Sun Valley is located in Palm Beach County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley

How Far From Hometown Lake Worth 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 Hometown Lake Worth 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 Hometown Lake Worth Village and extending to:

  • West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 364 miles [585.8 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hometown Lake Worth Village to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 866 miles [1,393.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 50 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,136 miles [8,265.6 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hometown Lake Worth Village) 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 Hometown Lake Worth Village 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 Hometown Lake Worth Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6134, Longitude: -80.1266       In this case, the coordinates for Hometown Lake Worth Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.532 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.544 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.463 degrees.