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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 Crescent City Station, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crescent City Station 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 Crescent City Station:
- 29.415252, -81.533130
- 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 Crescent City Station
- 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 Crescent City Station is near Volusia County and also Flagler County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flagler 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 Crescent City Station
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crescent City Station ...
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.
- Bakerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Bakerstown is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerstown
- Crescent City
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deadman Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Deadman Landing is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadman Landing
- Fruitland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- John Broward Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- John Broward Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- Johns Ferry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Johns Ferry is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Ferry
- New Run
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- New Run is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Run
- Shell Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Shell Bluff is located in Flagler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
How Far From Crescent City Station 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 Crescent City Station to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crescent City Station and extending to:
- Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crescent City Station to Palatka, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 178 miles [286.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,510 miles [10,476.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,184 miles [11,561.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,079 miles [8,173.9 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crescent City Station) 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 Crescent City Station 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 Crescent City Station. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4153, Longitude: -81.5331 In this case, the coordinates for Crescent City Station have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.436 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.975 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.275 degrees. |
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