Spring Garden Qibla Direction
Find accurate Qibla direction from Spring Garden, Saint Thomas, Jamaica
Qibla Details for Spring Garden
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Qibla direction in Spring Garden?
The Qibla direction from Spring Garden, Saint Thomas, Jamaica is 60.4° (ENE) from North. This is the direction Muslims in Spring Garden should face during their daily prayers (Salah).
How far is Spring Garden from Mecca?
The distance from Spring Garden to Mecca (Kaaba) is approximately 11,825 kilometers. This is the great-circle distance calculated using the Haversine formula.
How to find Qibla direction in Spring 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 Spring Garden, enable GPS for personalized accuracy.
What is the compass bearing for the Qibla in Spring Garden?
The great-circle Qibla bearing from Spring Garden is 60.4° (ENE). A fixed magnetic-compass (rhumb-line) heading would read about 88.2°. For prayer, use the great-circle value of 60.4°.
Finding Qibla Direction in Spring Garden
The Qibla direction from Spring Garden, Saint Thomas, Jamaica is 60.4° from true north, pointing towards the east-northeast. The Kaaba in Mecca lies about 11,825 km (7,348 miles) away. Geographically, Spring 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 Spring Garden, this means facing east-northeast (60.4°).
Great-circle vs compass bearing in Spring Garden
Our Qibla finder uses the great-circle bearing (60.4°), 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 88.2° from Spring Garden. The two differ because long-distance routes curve on a globe; for prayer, use the great-circle value of 60.4°.
Using a compass in Spring 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 Spring 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 60.4° (east-northeast) and shows ALIGNED.