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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 Vanderbilt Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Beach:
- 26.259217, -81.823535
- 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 Vanderbilt 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 Collier County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collier County
- Since Vanderbilt Beach is near Lee County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Vanderbilt Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanderbilt 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.
- Barefoot Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonita Shores
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bonita Shores is located in Lee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Shores
- Four Seasons
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Four Seasons is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Gulf Harbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gulf Harbor is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Harbor
- Naples Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Palm River
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Palm River is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River
- Pelican Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Ridge is located in Collier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
How Far From Vanderbilt Beach 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 Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Beach and extending to:
- Naples, which is the Seat of Collier County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 324 miles [521.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Vanderbilt 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 19 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 915 miles [1,472.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). 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 6,665 miles [10,726.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,322 miles [11,783.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,232 miles [8,420.1 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- Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 26.2592, Longitude: -81.8235 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.36 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.452 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.032 degrees. |
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