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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 North Key Largo, we use the following websites to find information relevant to North Key Largo 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 North Key Largo:
- 25.267340, -80.323387
- 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 North Key Largo
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since North Key Largo is near Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade 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 North Key Largo
Curious and Interesting Names Near North Key Largo ...
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.
- Anglers Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Anglers Park is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Park
- Cutter Bank
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cutter Bank is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter Bank
- Dynamite Docks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Dynamite Docks is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dynamite Docks
- Garden Cove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Cove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Cove
- Gold Key
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Gold Key is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Key
- Jewfish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jewfish is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewfish
- Key Largo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Harbor
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Harbor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Harbor
- Sponge Rocks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Sponge Rocks is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sponge Rocks
How Far From North Key Largo 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 North Key Largo to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in North Key Largo and extending to:
- Key West, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 104 miles [167.4 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could drive a straight line from North Key Largo to Key West, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 4 days.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 17 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 960 miles [1,545 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 55 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,638 miles [10,682.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,204 miles [8,375 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Key Largo) 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 North Key Largo 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 North Key Largo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.2673, Longitude: -80.3234 In this case, the coordinates for North Key Largo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.527 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.355 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.799 degrees. |
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