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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 Up the Grove Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Up the Grove Beach 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 Up the Grove Beach:
- 27.176159, -80.726447
- 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 Up the Grove Beach
- 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 Okeechobee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okeechobee County
- Since Up the Grove Beach is near Martin County and also Glades County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Martin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glades 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 Up the Grove Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Up the Grove Beach ...
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.
- Barber Quarters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Quarters
- Cypress Quarters
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
- Eagle Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Island
- Indiantown
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Marcy is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcy
- Mildred
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mildred is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mildred
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sand Cut is located in Palm Beach County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
- Whispering Pines
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
How Far From Up the Grove Beach 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 Up the Grove Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Up the Grove Beach and extending to:
- Okeechobee, which is the Seat of Okeechobee County, lies just to the Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 311 miles [500.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Up the Grove Beach to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 18 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 836 miles [1,345.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,573 miles [10,578.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,139 miles [8,270.4 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 '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- Up the Grove Beach) 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 Up the Grove Beach 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 Up the Grove Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.1762, Longitude: -80.7264 In this case, the coordinates for Up the Grove Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.016 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.518 degrees. |
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