Content Garden Qibla Direction

Find accurate Qibla direction from Content Garden, Saint Ann, Jamaica

Qibla: 60° ENE
Distance: 11,857 km
Coords: 18.41°, -77.08°
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Content Garden
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Qibla Details for Content Garden

Qibla Angle60° from North
Cardinal DirectionENE
Compass Bearing88.4°
Distance to Kaaba11,857 km / 7,368 mi
RegionSaint Ann
Latitude18.4098°
Longitude-77.0754°

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Qibla direction in Content Garden?

The Qibla direction from Content Garden, Saint Ann, Jamaica is 60° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Content Garden should face during their daily prayers (Salah).

How far is Content Garden from Mecca?

The distance from Content Garden to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,857 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.

How to find Qibla direction in Content Garden?

Use our free Qibla compass above. For the most accurate direction, click "Use My Exact Location" to enable GPS. On mobile devices, you can also enable the live compass feature which rotates in real-time as you move your phone.

How accurate is this Qibla direction?

Our Qibla calculation uses the great-circle bearing formula which provides 99.9% accuracy. The calculation accounts for Earth's curvature, ensuring precision regardless of distance. For your exact location within Content Garden, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.

What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Content Garden?

The great-circle Qibla bearing from Content Garden is 60° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 88.4°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 60°.

Finding Qibla Direction in Content Garden

The Qibla direction from Content Garden, Saint Ann, Jamaica is 60° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,857 km (7,368 miles) away. Geographically, Content Garden sits to the west-northwest of Mecca, so the shortest path back to the Kaaba runs to your east-northeast.

The Qibla (قِبْلَة) is the direction that Muslims face when performing their daily prayers (Salah). All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba, located in Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, during prayer. From Content Garden, this means facing east-northeast (60°).

Great-circle vs compass bearing in Content Garden

Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (60°), the geometrically shortest path to Mecca across the curved surface of the Earth — the method accepted by most scholars. If you instead follow a single fixed compass heading (the rhumb-line bearing), it would be about 88.4° from Content Garden. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 60°.

Using a compass in Content Garden

A phone or magnetic compass points to magnetic north, which can differ from true north by several degrees depending on your exact spot in Content Garden. For the most reliable result, tap "Use My Exact Location" above so the compass corrects to your GPS position, then turn until it reads 60° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.