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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 Soroka Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Soroka Shores 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 Soroka Shores:
- 26.152863, -80.108933
- 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 Soroka Shores
- 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 Soroka Shores is near Palm Beach County and also Miami-Dade County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Palm Beach 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 Soroka Shores
Curious and Interesting Names Near Soroka Shores ...
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.
- Coral Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Coral Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Heights
- Coral Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Coral Hills is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Hills
- Coral Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Coral Ridge is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Ridge
- Coral Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Coral Woods is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Woods
- Cypress Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Cypress Harbor is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Harbor
- Flamingo Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Flamingo Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flamingo Village
- Garden Isles
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Garden Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Isles
- Golden Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Golden Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Heights
- Harbor Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harbor Beach is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Beach
- Harbor Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Harbor Heights is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Heights
- Imperial Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Imperial Point is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Point
- Lazy Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lazy Lake is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Lyons Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Lyons Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Park
- Rock Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Island is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Island Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Rock Island Village is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island Village
- Royal Palm Isles
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Royal Palm Isles is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palm Isles
- Royal Palms Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Royal Palms Park is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Palms Park
- Sea Ranch Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sea Ranch Lakes is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sea Ranch Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
- Silver Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Silver Shores is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Shores
- Sunrise Key
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunrise Key is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Key
- Twin Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in Broward County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Soroka Shores to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Soroka Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Soroka Shores and extending to:
- Fort Lauderdale, which is the Seat of Broward County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 389 miles [626 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Soroka Shores to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 23 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 16 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 897 miles [1,443.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,588 miles [10,602.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,238 miles [11,648.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Soroka Shores) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Soroka Shores 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 Soroka Shores. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.1529, Longitude: -80.1089 In this case, the coordinates for Soroka Shores have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.491 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.433 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.556 degrees. |
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