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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 Chiefland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chiefland 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 Chiefland:
- 29.487567, -82.860005
- 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 Chiefland
- 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 Levy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Levy County
- Since Chiefland is near Gilchrist County and also Dixie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilchrist County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dixie 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 Chiefland
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chiefland ...
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.
- Dixietown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dixietown is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixietown
- Eugene
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eugene is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Fanning Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fowlers Bluff
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fowlers Bluff is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowlers Bluff
- Lottieville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
- Manatee Road
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Manatee Road is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Road
- Mutual
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Otter Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rosewood
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Rosewood is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vista is located in Levy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
- Waters Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Yellow Jacket
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Yellow Jacket is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
How Far From Chiefland 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 city such as Chiefland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chiefland and extending to:
- Bronson, which is the Seat of Levy County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Chiefland to Bronson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 107 miles [172.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 729 miles [1,173.2 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 6,568 miles [10,570.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,138 miles [8,268.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chiefland) 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 Chiefland 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 Chiefland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4876, Longitude: -82.8600 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.155 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.815 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.701 degrees. |
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