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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 Poinciana Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poinciana Estates 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 Poinciana Estates:
- 26.701686, -81.851122
- 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 Poinciana Estates
- 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 Lee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Since Poinciana Estates is near Charlotte County and also Hendry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hendry 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 Poinciana Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poinciana Estates ...
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.
- Biggar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cypress Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cypress Lake is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Lake
- Lakeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
- Page Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Page Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page Park
- Palm and Pine Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Palm and Pine Park is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm and Pine Park
- Pirate Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Pirate Harbor is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbor
- Samville ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Samville is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samville
- Tuckers Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tuckers Corner is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Corner
- Whiskey Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Whiskey Creek is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiskey Creek
How Far From Poinciana Estates 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 Poinciana Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Poinciana Estates and extending to:
- Fort Myers, which is the Seat of Lee County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Poinciana Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 886 miles [1,425.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 51 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,647 miles [10,697.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,306 miles [11,757.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,214 miles [8,391.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Poinciana Estates) 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 Poinciana Estates 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 Poinciana Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.7017, Longitude: -81.8511 In this case, the coordinates for Poinciana Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.412 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.572 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.953 degrees. |
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