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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 Conant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Conant 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 Conant:
- 28.937913, -81.927646
- 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 Conant
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Conant is near Sumter County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Conant
Communities Also Named Conant ...
We found six communities that are also named Conant.
Within Florida, the name Conant is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- This Conant is located in White County and lies 713 miles [1,147.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Conant that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Conant.
- California
- Shasta County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Conant [Shasta County].
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- This Conant is located in Cassia County and lies 1,979 miles [3,184.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Conant that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cassia County community of Conant.
- Illinois
- Perry County
- This Conant is located in Perry County and lies 764 miles [1,229.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Conant that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Conant.
- Kentucky
- Bell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Conant [Bell County].
- Ohio
- Allen County
- This Conant is located in Allen County and lies 824 miles [1,326.1 km]<1> to the north of the Conant that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Conant.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Conant ...
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.
- Bamboo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bamboo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Big Scrub
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Big Scrub is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Scrub
- Cherry Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cherry Lake is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Fruitland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Lady Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Lake Weir ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Weir is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weir
- Leesburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lisbon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Orange Bend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Blossom Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Blossom Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Hills
- Orange Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Home is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
- Sunset Harbor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Harbor is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Harbor
- Wildwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Conant 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 Conant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Conant and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Conant to Tavares, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 175 miles [281.6 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 742 miles [1,194.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,550 miles [10,541.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Conant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Conant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Conant could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Conant 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 Conant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9379, Longitude: -81.9276 In this case, the coordinates for Conant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.617 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.118 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.511 degrees. |
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