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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 Walter Hamilton Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Walter Hamilton Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Walter Hamilton Place
  • 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 Walter Hamilton Place:
    • 25.558444, -81.171742
    • 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 Walter Hamilton Place
  • 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 Monroe County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
    • Since Walter Hamilton Place is near Miami-Dade County and also Collier County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Miami-Dade County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Collier 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 Walter Hamilton Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Walter Hamilton Place ...

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.

  • Everglades City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Fortymile Bend
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fortymile Bend is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortymile Bend
  • Pinecrest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinecrest is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
  • Plantation Island
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Plantation Island is located in Collier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation Island
  • Tenmile Corner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Tenmile Corner is located in Miami-Dade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Corner
  • Trail Center
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Trail Center is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Center
  • Trail City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Trail City is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail City
  • Trailtown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Trailtown is located in Collier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trailtown

How Far From Walter Hamilton Place 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 community such as Walter Hamilton Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Walter Hamilton Place and extending to:

  • Key West, which is the Seat of Monroe County, lies 79 miles [127.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could drive a straight line from Walter Hamilton Place to Key West, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 386 miles [621.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 15 days and walking would take 22 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 951 miles [1,530.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 38 days and walking would take 54 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 7,316 miles [11,774 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Walter Hamilton Place) 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 Walter Hamilton Place 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 Walter Hamilton Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 25.5584, Longitude: -81.1717       In this case, the coordinates for Walter Hamilton Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.97 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.907 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.979 degrees.