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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 Key Colony, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Plantation Key Colony 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 Key Colony:
- 24.997352, -80.541450
- 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 Key Colony
- 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Since Plantation Key Colony is near Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- 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 Plantation Key Colony
Curious and Interesting Names Near Plantation Key Colony ...
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.
- Anglers Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Anglers Park is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anglers Park
- Craig ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Craig is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Garden Cove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Cove is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Cove
- Jewfish
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jewfish is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewfish
- Key Largo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plantation is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Plantation Key
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Plantation Key is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Key
- Rock Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Harbor is located in Monroe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Harbor
- Sunset Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Plantation Key Colony 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 Plantation Key Colony 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 Key Colony and extending to:
- Key West, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 84 miles [135.2 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could drive a straight line from Plantation Key Colony to Key West, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 439 miles [706.5 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 25 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 981 miles [1,578.8 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 56 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,660 miles [10,718.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,227 miles [8,412 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plantation Key Colony) 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 Key Colony 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 Key Colony. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 24.9974, Longitude: -80.5414 In this case, the coordinates for Plantation Key Colony have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.61 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.415 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.912 degrees. |
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