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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 Asbury Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Asbury Lake 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 Asbury Lake:
- 30.049129, -81.821487
- 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 Asbury Lake
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Asbury Lake is near Duval County and also Saint Johns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns 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 Asbury Lake
Curious and Interesting Names Near Asbury Lake ...
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.
- Doctors Inlet
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fellowship Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Fellowship Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Park
- Hibernia
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hibernia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Magnolia Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Pass Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pass Station is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Station
- Penney Farms
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rattlesnake Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rattlesnake Bend is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Bend
- Rideout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rideout is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout
How Far From Asbury Lake 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 Asbury Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Asbury Lake and extending to:
- Green Cove Springs, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Asbury Lake to Green Cove Springs, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 668 miles [1,075 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,495 miles [10,452.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,172 miles [11,542.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,065 miles [8,151.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Asbury Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Asbury Lake 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 Asbury Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0491, Longitude: -81.8215 In this case, the coordinates for Asbury Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.626 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.282 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.225 degrees. |
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