Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Alliance, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alliance and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Alliance
- 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 Alliance:
- 30.609916, -85.113534
- 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 Alliance
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Alliance is near Calhoun County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- eBird sighting report for Liberty 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Alliance ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Alliance.
There is one other community in Florida which is also named Alliance.
Beyond Florida, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Alliance is located in Jefferson County and lies 234 miles [376.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Alliance.
- Macon County
- This Alliance is located in Macon County and lies 131 miles [210.8 km] to the north of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Alliance.
- Alberta
- This Alliance lies 2,019 miles [3,249.3 km]<2> to the northwest of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- California
- Georgia
- Decatur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alliance [Decatur County].
- Jasper County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alliance [Jasper County].
- Indiana
- Madison County
- This Alliance is located in Madison County and lies 651 miles [1,047.7 km]<2> to the north of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Alliance.
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Alliance [Marion County].
- Kansas
- Barton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Barton County].
- Ellis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellis County].
- Ellsworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Ellsworth County].
- Neosho County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alliance [Neosho County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Plaquemines Parish
- This Alliance is located in Plaquemines Parish and lies 297 miles [478 km]<2> to the west of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plaquemines Parish community of Alliance.
- Sabine Parish
- This Alliance is located in Sabine Parish and lies 508 miles [817.5 km] to the west of the Alliance that is located in Jackson County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sabine Parish community of Alliance.
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Ontario
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Alliance ...
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.
- Choconickla ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Choconickla have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconickla
- Choconickla is located in Calhoun County
- Cypress
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress
- Cypress is located in Jackson County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cypress <5>
- Grand Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Ridge
- Grand Ridge is located in Jackson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Ridge <5>
- Leonards ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Mallory Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mallory Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Heights
- Mallory Heights is located in Jackson County
- Pine Island
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Pine Island is located in Calhoun County
- Rock Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Jackson County
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Jackson County
- Sink Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sink Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink Creek
- Sink Creek is located in Jackson County
- Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Sweetwater
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sweetwater is located in Liberty County
How Far From Alliance 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 Alliance to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alliance and extending to:
- Marianna, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Alliance to Marianna, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 50 miles [80.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take most of two days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<7> 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).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,307 miles [11,759.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,191 miles [8,354.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alliance. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Jackson County: www.jacksoncounty-fl.com/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Alliance could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alliance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alliance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6099, Longitude: -85.1135 In this case, the coordinates for Alliance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alliance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Alliance to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.489 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.512 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.255 degrees. |