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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 Port Saint Lucie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Port Saint Lucie 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 Port Saint Lucie:
- 27.273168, -80.358260
- 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 Port Saint Lucie
- 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 Port Saint Lucie is near Martin County and also Indian River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Indian River 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 Port Saint Lucie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Port Saint Lucie ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Eden is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Jensen Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lighthouse Point
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lighthouse Point is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lighthouse Point
- Palm City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- River Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- River Park is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Park
- Skyline Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Skyline Heights is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline Heights
- Snug Harbor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Snug Harbor is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snug Harbor
- Waveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Waveland is located in Saint Lucie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waveland
How Far From Port Saint Lucie 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 city such as Port Saint Lucie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Port Saint Lucie and extending to:
- Fort Pierce, which is the Seat of Saint Lucie County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Port Saint Lucie to Fort Pierce, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 322 miles [518.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,551 miles [10,542.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,208 miles [11,600.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Port Saint Lucie) 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 Port Saint Lucie 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 Port Saint Lucie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2732, Longitude: -80.3583 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.693 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.821 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.387 degrees. |
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