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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 Bessent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bessent 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 Bessent:
- 30.221348, -82.114556
- 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 Bessent
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Bessent is near Clay County and also Nassau County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau 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 Bessent
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bessent ...
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.
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hugh is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
- Johnstown
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Kenny
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kenny is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
- Manns Spur
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Manns Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Spur
- Maxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Pine Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Stokesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Stokesville is located in Charlton County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
How Far From Bessent to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bessent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bessent and extending to:
- MacClenny, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies just to the North.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Bessent to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,501 miles [10,462.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,071 miles [8,161 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Bessent) 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 Bessent 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 Bessent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2213, Longitude: -82.1146 In this case, the coordinates for Bessent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.795 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.501 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.285 degrees. |
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