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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 Paradise Palms, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise Palms 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 Paradise Palms:
- 26.353411, -80.126155
- 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 Paradise Palms
- 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 Paradise Palms is near Broward County and also Miami-Dade 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 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 Paradise Palms
Communities Also Named Paradise Palms ...
We found one communities that are also named Paradise Palms.
Within Florida, the name Paradise Palms is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Paradise Palms in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- Clark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Paradise Palms [Clark County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise Palms ...
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.
- Bonnie Lock
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
- Caribbean Key
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caribbean Key is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribbean Key
- College Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- College Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Cresthaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cresthaven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
- Crystal Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Fairlawn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairlawn is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lighthouse Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mission Bay
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mission Bay is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Bay
- Park Haven
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Park Haven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Haven
- Royal Oak Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Royal Oak Hills is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oak Hills
- University Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- University Park is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
- Whisper Walk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whisper Walk is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Walk
How Far From Paradise Palms 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 community such as Paradise Palms to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Paradise Palms and extending to:
- West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Paradise Palms to West Palm Beach, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 378 miles [608.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,147 miles [8,283.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Paradise Palms 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Paradise Palms) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Paradise Palms 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 Paradise Palms. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.3534, Longitude: -80.1262 In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Palms have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.514 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.487 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.518 degrees. |
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