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 Park Estates:
30.387461, -81.693154
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.
We found two communities that share the name Lake Park Estates.
Within Florida, the name Lake Park Estates is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Illinois
Cook County
This Lake Park Estates is located in Cook County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lake Park Estates that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cook County community of Lake Park Estates.
Ohio
Trumbull County
This Lake Park Estates is located in Trumbull County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the north of the Lake Park Estates that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Lake Park Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Park 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.
College Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Park Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lake Park Estates and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Park Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,474 miles [10,418.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,044 miles [8,117.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lake Park Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lake Park Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3875, Longitude: -81.6932 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Park Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Lake Park Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.574 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.27 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.103 degrees.