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 Barberville:
29.18732, -81.421021
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 Barberville
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 Volusia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
We found three communities that are also named Barberville.
Within Florida, the name Barberville is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
New York
Rensselaer County
This Barberville is located in Rensselaer County and lies 1,029 miles [1,656 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Barberville that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rensselaer County community of Barberville.
Rhode Island
Washington County
This Barberville is located in Washington County and lies 1,011 miles [1,627 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Barberville that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Barberville.
South Carolina
Lancaster County
This Barberville is located in Lancaster County and lies 404 miles [650.2 km]<1> to the north of the Barberville that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Barberville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Barberville ...
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.
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 Barberville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Barberville and extending to:
De Land, which is the Seat of Volusia County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Barberville to De Land, with an average speed<2> 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 191 miles [307.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 715 miles [1,150.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,187 miles [11,566.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
<1>
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 from Point A (ie- Barberville) 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 Barberville 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 Barberville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1873, Longitude: -81.4210
<4>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.363 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.859 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.29 degrees.