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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 Bostwick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bostwick and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bostwick:
    • 29.774036, -81.636219
    • 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 Bostwick
  • 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since Bostwick is near Clay County and also Saint Johns 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 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 Bostwick

Communities Also Named Bostwick ...

We found four communities that are also named Bostwick.

Within Florida, the name Bostwick is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Morgan County
      • This Bostwick is located in Morgan County and lies 295 miles [474.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Bostwick that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Bostwick.
    • Michigan
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bostwick [Kent County].
    • Nebraska
      • Nuckolls County
      • This Bostwick is located in Nuckolls County and lies 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bostwick that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nuckolls County community of Bostwick.
    • Ohio
      • Geauga County
      • This Bostwick is located in Geauga County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km]<1> to the north of the Bostwick that is located in Putnam County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Bostwick.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bostwick ...

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.

  • Brewers Landing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Brewers Landing is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Landing
  • Clay Landing
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Clay Landing is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Landing
  • Cypress Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cypress Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
  • Federal Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grandview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Grandview is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • J Summeral Grant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • J Summeral Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J Summeral Grant
  • John Faulk Grant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • John Faulk Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Faulk Grant
  • John Heurtas Grant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • John Heurtas Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Heurtas Grant
  • John Middleton Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • John Middleton Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Middleton Grant
  • Lane Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lane Landing is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Landing
  • Leno
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Leno is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leno
  • Orange Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
  • Pecan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pecan is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
  • Rice Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Rice Creek is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Creek

How Far From Bostwick 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 Bostwick to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bostwick and extending to:

  • Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the South.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bostwick to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,174 miles [11,545.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,068 miles [8,156.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Bostwick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Bostwick could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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 Bostwick 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 Bostwick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7740, Longitude: -81.6362    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.511 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.111 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.227 degrees.