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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 Punta Gorda, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda:
- 26.929872, -82.047351
- 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 Punta Gorda
- 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 Charlotte County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- Since Punta Gorda is near DeSoto County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for DeSoto County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Punta Gorda
Communities Also Named Punta Gorda ...
We found one communities that are also named Punta Gorda.
Within Florida, the name Punta Gorda is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Punta Gorda in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Ventura County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Punta Gorda [Ventura County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Punta Gorda ...
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.
- Deep Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Fishermens Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fishermens Village is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishermens Village
- Harbor View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harbour Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Harbour Heights is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Heights
- Lake Suzy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Suzy is located in DeSoto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Suzy
- Peace River Shores
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Peace River Shores is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peace River Shores
- Pirate Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pirate Harbor is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirate Harbor
- Ridge Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ridge Harbor is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Harbor
How Far From Punta Gorda 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 city such as Punta Gorda to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Punta Gorda and extending to:
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 277 miles [445.8 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Punta Gorda to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 875 miles [1,408.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,646 miles [10,695.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,213 miles [8,389.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Punta Gorda could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Punta Gorda) 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 Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.9299, Longitude: -82.0474 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.532 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.742 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.968 degrees. |
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