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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 Poinsettia Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Poinsettia 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 Poinsettia Park:
- 28.046131, -81.685911
- 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 Poinsettia 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Poinsettia Park is near Osceola County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Osceola County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Poinsettia Park
Communities Also Named Poinsettia Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Poinsettia Park.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Poinsettia Park.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough County
- This Poinsettia Park is located in Hillsborough County and lies 47 miles [75.6 km]<1> to the west of the Poinsettia Park that is located in Polk County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Poinsettia Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Poinsettia 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.
- Cypress Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Dundee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Eagle Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jones Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jones Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corner
- Lake Alfred
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Hammock Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lynchburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Lynchburg is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
- Tranquility Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility Park is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility Park
- Winter Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Poinsettia Park to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Poinsettia Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Poinsettia Park and extending to:
- Bartow, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Poinsettia Park to Bartow, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 795 miles [1,279.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,579 miles [10,587.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,245 miles [11,659.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,146 miles [8,281.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Poinsettia Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Poinsettia 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 Poinsettia Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0461, Longitude: -81.6859 In this case, the coordinates for Poinsettia Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.43 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.626 degrees. |
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