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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 Lake Charm, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Charm 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 Lake Charm:
- 28.673608, -81.198120
- 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 Lake Charm
- 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Since Lake Charm is near Orange County and also Volusia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia 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 Lake Charm
Communities Also Named Lake Charm ...
We found one communities that are also named Lake Charm.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Lake Charm.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lake Charm [Orange County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Charm ...
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.
- Dreamworld
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
- Elder Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elder Springs is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Springs
- Flora Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Flora Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Heights
- Geigers Landing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Geigers Landing is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigers Landing
- Geneva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Goldenrod
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Iowa City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iowa City is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iowa City
- Jamestown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jamestown is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Jones Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jones Landing is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Landing
- Longdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Longdale is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
- Longwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Lordland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lordland is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordland
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Palm Shadows
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Palm Shadows is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Shadows
- Pinecrest
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Roseland Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Roseland Park is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park
- Snow Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Snow Hill is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Truck Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Truck Corner is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truck Corner
- Union Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- University Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- University Park is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Winter Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
How Far From Lake Charm to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lake Charm to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lake Charm and extending to:
- Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Charm to Sanford, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 221 miles [355.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 745 miles [1,199 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,196 miles [11,580.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,096 miles [8,201.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lake Charm 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Charm) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Lake Charm 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 Lake Charm. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6736, Longitude: -81.1981 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Charm have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.215 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.335 degrees. |
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