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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 Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Vanderbilt Park 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 Park:
- 25.798987, -80.358386
- 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 Park
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
- Since Vanderbilt Park is near Broward County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Vanderbilt Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Vanderbilt Park ...
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 Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Coral Terrace is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coral Terrace
- Medley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Park is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Park
- Sunset
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Corners
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Sunset Corners is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Corners
- Sweetwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Population from the 2020 Census: 20,747 people
- University Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Virginia Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Virginia Gardens is located in Miami-Dade County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Gardens
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,345 people
How Far From Vanderbilt Park 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 Park 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 Park and extending to:
- Miami, which is the Seat of Miami-Dade County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Vanderbilt Park to Miami, 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 399 miles [642.1 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 924 miles [1,487 km] to the north (N). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 36 days and walking would take 53 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vanderbilt Park) 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 Park 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 Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.7990, Longitude: -80.3584 In this case, the coordinates for Vanderbilt Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.587 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.496 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.70 degrees. |
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