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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 Pahokee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pahokee 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 Pahokee:
- 26.823551, -80.665488
- 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 Pahokee
- 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 Pahokee is near Martin County and also Hendry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hendry 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 Pahokee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pahokee ...
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.
- Chosen ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harlem
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hooker Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hooker Point is located in Hendry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker Point
- Indiantown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Point
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Liberty Point is located in Glades County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Point
- Pelican Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sixmile Bend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sixmile Bend is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Bend
- Sugar Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sugar Junction is located in Hendry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Junction
- Twentymile Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twentymile Bend is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile Bend
How Far From Pahokee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Pahokee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pahokee and extending to:
- West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Pahokee to West Palm Beach, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 332 miles [534.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,585 miles [10,597.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,241 miles [11,653.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,152 miles [8,291.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pahokee) 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 Pahokee 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 Pahokee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.8236, Longitude: -80.6655 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.818 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.903 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.575 degrees. |
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