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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 Chipola Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chipola Terrace 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 Chipola Terrace:
- 30.827413, -85.165762
- 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 Chipola Terrace
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Chipola Terrace is near Houston County and also Seminole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole 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 Chipola Terrace
Curious and Interesting Names Near Chipola Terrace ...
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.
- Butler ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Butler is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
- Cottondale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cypress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Grand Ridge
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hornsville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hornsville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornsville
- Lovedale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lovedale is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovedale
- Mallory Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mallory Heights is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory Heights
- Rock Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Star is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
- Two Egg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Two Egg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Egg
How Far From Chipola Terrace 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 Chipola Terrace to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Chipola Terrace and extending to:
- Marianna, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the east southeast (ESE). If you could walk a straight line from Chipola Terrace to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,608 miles [10,634.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 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' (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- Chipola Terrace) 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 Chipola Terrace 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 Chipola Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8274, Longitude: -85.1658 In this case, the coordinates for Chipola Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.535 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.595 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.23 degrees. |
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