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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 Royal Oak Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Oak Hills 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 Royal Oak Hills:
- 26.345634, -80.100321
- 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 Royal Oak Hills
- 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 Palm Beach County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach County
- Since Royal Oak Hills is near Broward County and also Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- 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 Royal Oak Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Oak Hills ...
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.
- Bonnie Lock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bonnie Lock is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Lock
- Caribbean Key
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Caribbean Key is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribbean Key
- College Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- College Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- Cresthaven
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Cresthaven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cresthaven
- Crystal Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Crystal Lake is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Fairlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Fairlawn is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn
- Lakeview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lakeview is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Leisureville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Leisureville is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisureville
- Lighthouse Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Paradise Palms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Paradise Palms is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Palms
- Park Haven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Park Haven is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Haven
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- University Park is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Park
How Far From Royal Oak Hills 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 Royal Oak Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Royal Oak Hills and extending to:
- West Palm Beach, which is the Seat of Palm Beach County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Royal Oak Hills to West Palm Beach, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 379 miles [609.9 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 884 miles [1,422.7 km] to the north (N). 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 6,580 miles [10,589.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,230 miles [11,635.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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> | 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal Oak Hills) 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 Royal Oak Hills 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 Royal Oak Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.3456, Longitude: -80.1003 In this case, the coordinates for Royal Oak Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.50 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.513 degrees. |
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