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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 Blue Lakes Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Lakes Ridge 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 Blue Lakes Ridge:
- 28.985263, -81.530904
- 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 Blue Lakes Ridge
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Blue Lakes Ridge is near Volusia County and also Seminole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole 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 Blue Lakes Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Lakes Ridge ...
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.
- Chain O'Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Chain O'Lakes is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O'Lakes
- Confer
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Confer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confer
- Crows Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Crows Bluff is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crows Bluff
- Daisy Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Daisy Lake is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy Lake
- Dublin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dublin is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Ethel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Ethel is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Fullerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Fullerville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerville
- Grand Island
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mosquito Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mosquito Grove is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosquito Grove
- Mount Homer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Homer is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Homer
- Orange City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Paisley
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
How Far From Blue Lakes Ridge 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 Blue Lakes Ridge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Blue Lakes Ridge and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Blue Lakes Ridge to Tavares, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 193 miles [310.6 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 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 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 '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- Blue Lakes Ridge) 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 Blue Lakes Ridge 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 Blue Lakes Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9853, Longitude: -81.5309 In this case, the coordinates for Blue Lakes Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.41 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.884 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.372 degrees. |
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