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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 Charles Beeler Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Charles Beeler Grant 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 Charles Beeler Grant:
- 30.546862, -87.197749
- 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 Charles Beeler Grant
- 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 Charles Beeler Grant is near Santa Rosa County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Charles Beeler Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Charles Beeler Grant ...
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.
- Ferry Pass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Floridatown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Floridatown is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridatown
- Harp
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Harp is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manuel Bonafay Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Manuel Bonafay Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Bonafay Grant
- Manuel Gonzales Grant
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Olive
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Riverview
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Charles Beeler Grant 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 Charles Beeler Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Charles Beeler Grant and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the South.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Charles Beeler Grant to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 814 miles [1,310 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,710 miles [10,798.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,407 miles [11,920.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,288 miles [8,510.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Charles Beeler Grant) 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 Charles Beeler Grant 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 Charles Beeler Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5469, Longitude: -87.1977 In this case, the coordinates for Charles Beeler Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.684 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.888 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.033 degrees. |
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