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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).

When in Country Garden Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Country Garden Estates and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Country Garden Estates
  • 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 Country Garden Estates:
    • 19.068889, -155.801111
    • 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 Country Garden Estates
  • 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 Country Garden Estates ...

We found one communities that share the name Country Garden Estates.

Within Hawaii, the name Country Garden Estates is unique.

Beyond Hawaii, there is another community also named Country Garden Estates in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Country Garden Estates is located in Salt Lake County and lies 2,982 miles [4,799.1 km]<1> to the northeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Country Garden Estates.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Country Garden Estates ...

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.

  • Captain Cook
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Hawaiian Ocean View
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Papa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papa

How Far From Country Garden Estates 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 Country Garden Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Country Garden Estates and extending to:

  • Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Country Garden Estates to Honolulu, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,806 miles [7,734.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 10 days, a buggy would take 188 days and walking would take 273 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,842 miles [14,229.8 km] and it lies to the north (N).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,440 miles [15,192.2 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,152 miles [13,119.4 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Country Garden Estates. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Country Garden Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Country Garden Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 19.0689, Longitude: -155.8011       In this case, the coordinates for Country Garden Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Country Garden Estates 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 11.929 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 21.455 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 350.113 degrees.









 

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