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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 Ranches, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Royal Palm Ranches 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 Ranches:
- 26.040063, -80.276168
- 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 Ranches
- 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 Broward County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Broward County
- Since Royal Palm Ranches is near Miami-Dade County and also Palm Beach County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach 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 Ranches
Curious and Interesting Names Near Royal Palm Ranches ...
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.
- Davie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Edgewater
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fern Crest Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Crest Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Crest Village
- Green Meadow
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Green Meadow is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Pine Island Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pine Island Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island Ridge
- Plantation
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Plantation Isles
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Isles
- Plantation Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Plantation Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Park
- Playland Isles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Playland Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Isles
- Playland Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Playland Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playland Village
- Rolling Oaks
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Royal Country
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Royal Country is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Country
- Sunshine Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Sunshine Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Park
How Far From Royal Palm Ranches 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 community such as Royal Palm Ranches 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 Ranches and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Royal Palm Ranches to Fort Lauderdale, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 389 miles [626 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 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 907 miles [1,459.7 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 52 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,601 miles [10,623.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,251 miles [11,669.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Royal Palm Ranches) 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 Ranches 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 Ranches. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.0401, Longitude: -80.2762 In this case, the coordinates for Royal Palm Ranches have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.565 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.504 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.627 degrees. |
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