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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 Bridle Path Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridle Path Acres 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 Bridle Path Acres:
- 30.509089, -84.262400
- 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 Bridle Path Acres
- 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 Leon County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
- Since Bridle Path Acres is near Gadsden County and also Grady County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gadsden County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grady 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 Bridle Path Acres
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridle Path Acres ...
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.
- Centerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Centerville is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Corey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Corey is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Four Points
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Four Points is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
- Havana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Henrietta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Henrietta is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Meridian
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Meridian is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meridian
- Peck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Peck is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Rich Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rich Bay is located in Gadsden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rich Bay
- Scotland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Scotland is located in Gadsden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotland
- Zion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Bridle Path Acres 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 Bridle Path Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bridle Path Acres and extending to:
- Tallahassee, which is the Seat of Leon County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies just to the south southwest (SSW).
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could drive a straight line from Bridle Path Acres to White House, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 41 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,584 miles [10,595.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,271 miles [11,701.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,157 miles [8,299.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bridle Path Acres) 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 Bridle Path Acres 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 Bridle Path Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5091, Longitude: -84.2624 In this case, the coordinates for Bridle Path Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.00 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.97 degrees. |
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