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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 Falco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Falco and the surrounding area.
- 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 Falco:
- 31.048921, -86.618138
- 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 Falco
- 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 Covington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
- Since Falco is near Okaloosa County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okaloosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 Falco
Curious and Interesting Names Near Falco ...
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.
- Beaver Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Beaver Creek is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Creek
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Garden City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Garden City is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Georgiaville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Georgiaville is located in Conecuh County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville
- Good Hope
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Good Hope is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Okaloosa County (FL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Red Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Creek is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Stanley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley is located in Covington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Wing
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
How Far From Falco 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 Falco to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Falco and extending to:
- Andalusia, which is the Seat of Covington County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Falco to Andalusia, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 93 miles [149.7 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 765 miles [1,231.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,359 miles [11,843.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,239 miles [8,431.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Falco) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Falco 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 Falco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0489, Longitude: -86.6181 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.389 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.615 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.723 degrees. |
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