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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 Palm Lake Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palm Lake Park 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 Palm Lake Park:
- 27.225325, -80.251437
- 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 Palm Lake Park
- 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 Martin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Since Palm Lake Park is near Saint Lucie County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lucie County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach 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 Palm Lake Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palm Lake Park ...
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.
- Eden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Eden is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Golden Gate
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Gate is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate
- Jensen Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lighthouse Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lighthouse Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Point
- Palm City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Skyline Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Skyline Heights is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Snug Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Waveland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Waveland is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
How Far From Palm Lake Park 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 community such as Palm Lake Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Palm Lake Park and extending to:
- Stuart, which is the Seat of Martin County, lies just to the South.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 329 miles [529.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Palm Lake Park to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 827 miles [1,330.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,205 miles [11,595.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 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- Palm Lake Park) 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 Palm Lake Park 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 Palm Lake Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2253, Longitude: -80.2514 In this case, the coordinates for Palm Lake Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.636 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.366 degrees. |
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