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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 Dennet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dennet 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 Dennet:
- 30.536317, -83.611266
- 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 Dennet
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since Dennet is near Jefferson County and also Brooks County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brooks 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 Dennet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dennet ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Dills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dills is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Ebb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ebb is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Empress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Empress is located in Brooks County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
- Greenville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Maysland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Maysland is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysland
- Reams
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Reams is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reams
- Spray
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Spray is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
How Far From Dennet 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 Dennet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dennet and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Dennet to Madison, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 40 miles [64.4 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 686 miles [1,104 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,239 miles [11,650 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,126 miles [8,249.5 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 from Point A (ie- Dennet) 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 Dennet 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 Dennet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5363, Longitude: -83.6113 In this case, the coordinates for Dennet have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.638 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.518 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.733 degrees. |
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