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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 Palm Hammock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Palm Hammock 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 Palm Hammock:
- 25.994263, -81.591750
- 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 Palm Hammock
- 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 Collier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collier County
- Since Royal Palm Hammock is near Lee County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe 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 Palm Hammock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Palm Hammock ...
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 Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Deep Lake is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Lake
- Everglades City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Golden Gate
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Goodland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Grocery Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Grocery Place is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grocery Place
- Isles of Capri
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Isles of Capri is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isles of Capri
- Jerome
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Jerome is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Lee Cypress
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lee Cypress is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Cypress
- Marco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marco is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
- Old Marco Junction
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Marco Junction is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Marco Junction
- Royal Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Royal Harbor is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Harbor
- Shell Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shell Island is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
- Weavers Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Weavers Station is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weavers Station
How Far From Royal Palm Hammock 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 Palm Hammock 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 Palm Hammock and extending to:
- Naples, which is the Seat of Collier County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Royal Palm Hammock to Naples, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 347 miles [558.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 14 days and walking would take 20 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 929 miles [1,495.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 37 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,666 miles [10,727.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,321 miles [11,782 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,233 miles [8,421.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Royal Palm Hammock) 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 Palm Hammock 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 Palm Hammock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.9943, Longitude: -81.5918 In this case, the coordinates for Royal Palm Hammock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.219 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.253 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.015 degrees. |
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