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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 Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Palm Springs 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 Springs:
- 26.636302, -80.096632
- 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 Springs
- 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 Palm Springs is near Broward County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin 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 Springs
Communities Also Named Palm Springs ...
We found four communities that are also named Palm Springs.
There are two communities within Florida that are also named Palm Springs.
Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Miami-Dade County
- This Palm Springs is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 54 miles [86.9 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Palm Springs that is located in Palm Beach County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami-Dade County community of Palm Springs.
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Palm Springs [Orange County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- This Palm Springs is located in Pinal County and lies 1,929 miles [3,104.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palm Springs that is located in Palm Beach County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pinal County community of Palm Springs.
- California
- Riverside County
- This Palm Springs is located in Riverside County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Palm Springs that is located in Palm Beach County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riverside County community of Palm Springs.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Palm Springs ...
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.
- Cloud Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cloud Lake is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloud Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Cypress Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cypress Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lakes
- Golden Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Golden Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lakes
- Golfview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Greenacres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Greenacres City
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Greenacres City is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenacres City
- Military Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Military Park is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Military Park
- Rainbow Lakes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Rainbow Lakes is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Lakes
- Sun Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sun Valley is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
How Far From Palm Springs to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Palm Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Palm Springs and extending to:
- West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 365 miles [587.4 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Palm Springs to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 21 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 864 miles [1,390.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,567 miles [10,568.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,219 miles [11,617.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Palm Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Palm Springs 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Palm Springs 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 Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.6363, Longitude: -80.0966 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.519 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.532 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.449 degrees. |
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