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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paradise 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 Paradise Park:
- 27.471982, -80.343106
- 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 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 Saint Lucie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Lucie County
- Since Paradise Park is near Indian River County and also Martin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indian River 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 Paradise Park
Communities Also Named Paradise Park ...
We found nine communities that are also named Paradise Park.
Within Florida, the name Paradise Park is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Santa Cruz County
- This Paradise Park is located in Santa Cruz County and lies 2,501 miles [4,025 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Cruz County community of Paradise Park.
- Georgia
- Chatham 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 Georgia community of Paradise Park [Chatham County].
- Clayton County
- This Paradise Park is located in Clayton County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clayton County community of Paradise Park.
- Wayne County
- This Paradise Park is located in Wayne County and lies 293 miles [471.5 km] to the north northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Paradise Park.
- Nebraska
- Sarpy County
- This Paradise Park is located in Sarpy County and lies 1,290 miles [2,076.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sarpy County community of Paradise Park.
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- This Paradise Park is located in Onslow County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Onslow County community of Paradise Park.
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- This Paradise Park is located in Clackamas County and lies 2,602 miles [4,187.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clackamas County community of Paradise Park.
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- This Paradise Park is located in Hidalgo County and lies 1,099 miles [1,768.7 km]<1> to the west of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hidalgo County community of Paradise Park.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Paradise Park is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,004 miles [3,225.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Paradise Park that is located in Saint Lucie County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Paradise Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paradise 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
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Harmony Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Harmony Heights is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights
- Indian River Shores
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jensen Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Oslo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Oslo is located in Indian River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
- Queens Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Queens Cove is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queens Cove
- River Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- River Park is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
- Skyline Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Skyline Heights is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Viking
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Viking is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viking
- Waveland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Waveland is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
- Winter Beach
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Paradise 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 Paradise Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paradise Park and extending to:
- Fort Pierce, which is the Seat of Saint Lucie County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 313 miles [503.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Paradise Park to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>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 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 811 miles [1,305.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Paradise Park) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Park 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 Paradise 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 Paradise Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4720, Longitude: -80.3431 In this case, the coordinates for Paradise Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.699 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.854 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.339 degrees. |
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