Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Surfside, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Surfside and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Surfside
- 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 Surfside:
- 25.877924, -80.124510
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Surfside
- 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 Miami-Dade County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Since Surfside is near Broward County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- eBird sighting report for Broward 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Surfside ...
We found eight communities that share the name Surfside.
Within Florida, the name Surfside is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Nantucket County
- This Surfside is located in Nantucket County and lies 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Surfside that is located in Miami-Dade County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nantucket County community of Surfside.
- Norfolk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Surfside [Norfolk County].
- Plymouth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Surfside [Plymouth County].
- Ohio
- Texas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Surfside ...
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.
- Eastern Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eastern Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Shores
- Eastern Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Golden Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Beach
- Golden Beach is located in Miami-Dade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Golden Glades
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Glades have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Glades
- Golden Glades is located in Miami-Dade County
- Golden Shores
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Shores
- Golden Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Indian Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek
- Indian Creek is located in Miami-Dade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Indian Creek Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Creek Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Creek Village
- Indian Creek Village is located in Miami-Dade County
- Isle of Normandy
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle of Normandy
- Isle of Normandy is located in Miami-Dade County
- Isle of Normandy has also been known as:
- Normandy Isle
- Normandy
- Keystone Islands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Islands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Islands
- Keystone Islands is located in Miami-Dade County
- Lemon City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon City
- Lemon City is located in Miami-Dade County
- Liberty Square
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty Square have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Square
- Liberty Square is located in Miami-Dade County
- Little River
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little River
- Little River is located in Miami-Dade County
- Normandy Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Shores
- Normandy Shores is located in Miami-Dade County
- Sun Swept Isles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sun Swept Isles have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Swept Isles
- Sun Swept Isles is located in Broward County
How Far From Surfside 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 town such as Surfside to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Surfside and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Surfside to Miami, with an average speed<4> 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 403 miles [648.6 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 916 miles [1,474.2 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,249 miles [11,666.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,168 miles [8,317.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Surfside: www.town.surfside.fl.us/
The official website for Miami-Dade County: www.miamidade.gov/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Surfside) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Surfside. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.8779, Longitude: -80.1245 |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Surfside 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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Surfside to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.478 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.381 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.618 degrees. |