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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 Cerny Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cerny Heights 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 Cerny Heights:
    • 30.444086, -87.316641
    • 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 Cerny Heights
  • 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
    • Since Cerny Heights is near Baldwin County and also Santa Rosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa 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 Cerny Heights

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cerny Heights ...

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.

  • Fort Redoubt
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fort Redoubt is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Redoubt
  • Haven Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Haven Park is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
  • John B Cazenave Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • John B Cazenave Grant is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John B Cazenave Grant
  • Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Josepha Pol Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Josepha Pol Grant is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josepha Pol Grant
  • Navy Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Navy Point is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Point
  • Olive
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Olive is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
  • Paradise Beach
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise Beach is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
  • Pleasant Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Grove is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Sand Cut ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
  • Sanders Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Cerny Heights and extending to:

  • Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Cerny Heights to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 824 miles [1,326.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,720 miles [10,814.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,417 miles [11,936.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,298 miles [8,526.3 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- Cerny Heights) 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 Cerny Heights 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 Cerny Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4441, Longitude: -87.3166       In this case, the coordinates for Cerny Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.743 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.943 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.096 degrees.