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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 Plantation Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plantation Gardens 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 Plantation Gardens:
- 26.129808, -80.237548
- 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 Plantation Gardens
- 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 Broward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- Since Plantation Gardens is near Miami-Dade County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade 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 Plantation Gardens
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plantation Gardens ...
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.
- Davie
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fern Crest Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
- Flamingo Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Flamingo Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Village
- Golden Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Golden Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Pine Island Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plantation Isles
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Playland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Playland Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Rock Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island Village
- Royal Palms Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Royal Palms Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palms Park
- Sunrise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunrise Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunrise Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Village Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Village Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
How Far From Plantation Gardens 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 Plantation Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Plantation Gardens and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 385 miles [619.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Plantation Gardens to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 22 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 900 miles [1,448.4 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,162 miles [8,307.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Plantation Gardens) 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 Plantation Gardens 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 Plantation Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1298, Longitude: -80.2375 In this case, the coordinates for Plantation Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.553 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.502 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.598 degrees. |
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