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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 Delwood Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delwood Beach 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 Delwood Beach:
- 30.144647, -85.713263
- 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 Delwood Beach
- 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 Bay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Since Delwood Beach is near Walton County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Delwood Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delwood Beach ...
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.
- Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Cove is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Gulf Lagoon Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Gulf Lagoon Beach is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Lagoon Beach
- Long Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Long Point is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Lower Grand Lagoon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon
- Lynn Haven
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Panama City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Panama City Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pretty Bayou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pretty Bayou is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Bayou
How Far From Delwood Beach 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 Delwood Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Delwood Beach and extending to:
- Panama City, which is the Seat of Bay County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 87 miles [140 km]<2> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from Delwood Beach to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 779 miles [1,253.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,355 miles [11,836.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,239 miles [8,431.4 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 '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- Delwood Beach) 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 Delwood Beach 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 Delwood Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1446, Longitude: -85.7133 In this case, the coordinates for Delwood Beach have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.793 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.80 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.563 degrees. |
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