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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 Clarke and Atkinson Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clarke and Atkinson Grant and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
    • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
    • The National Weather Service forecast for Clarke and Atkinson Grant
  • 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 Clarke and Atkinson Grant:
    • 29.571082, -81.570911
    • 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 Clarke and Atkinson 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
    • Since Clarke and Atkinson Grant is near Flagler County and also Saint Johns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Flagler County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns 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 Clarke and Atkinson Grant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clarke and Atkinson 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.

  • Buffalo Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
  • Cypress Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cypress Point is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
  • Francis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Francis is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
  • Grandview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Grandview is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • J Summeral Grant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • J Summeral Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J Summeral Grant
  • Job Wiggins Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Job Wiggins Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job Wiggins Grant
  • John Broward Grant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • John Broward Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
  • John Faulk Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • John Faulk Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Faulk Grant
  • John Heurtas Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • John Heurtas Grant is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Heurtas Grant
  • Orange Mills
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Orange Mills is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Mills
  • Pecan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pecan is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan
  • Possum Bluff
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Possum Bluff is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Bluff
  • Shell Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Shell Bluff is located in Flagler County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff

How Far From Clarke and Atkinson Grant 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 Clarke and Atkinson 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 Clarke and Atkinson Grant and extending to:

  • Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies just to the Northwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 172 miles [276.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Clarke and Atkinson 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 693 miles [1,115.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,505 miles [10,468.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,179 miles [11,553.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,074 miles [8,165.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Clarke and Atkinson 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 Clarke and Atkinson 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 Clarke and Atkinson Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5711, Longitude: -81.5709       In this case, the coordinates for Clarke and Atkinson Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.465 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.03 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.252 degrees.