Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dewey Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dewey Park and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Dewey Park
- 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 Dewey Park:
- 30.231907, -81.702596
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Dewey Park
- 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 Duval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Since Dewey Park is near Clay County and also Saint Johns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Clay County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Dewey Park ...
We found one communities that share the name Dewey Park.
Within Florida, the name Dewey Park is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Dewey Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dewey Park [Madison County].
- Illinois
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dewey Park ...
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.
- David Scurry Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for David Scurry Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Scurry Grant
- David Scurry Grant is located in Duval County
- Enchanted Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enchanted Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enchanted Park
- Enchanted Park is located in Duval County
- Goodbys
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Holly Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Point
- Holly Point is located in Clay County
- John H McIntosh Grant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John H McIntosh Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John H McIntosh Grant
- John H McIntosh Grant is located in Duval County
- Lake Shore
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Shore have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Lake Shore is located in Duval County
- Marshall Plantation ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Plantation
- Marshall Plantation is located in Duval County
- Orange Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Park
- Orange Park is located in Clay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,777 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange Park <3>
- Sweetwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Sweetwater is located in Duval County
How Far From Dewey Park 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 Dewey Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Dewey Park and extending to:
- Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 154 miles [247.8 km]<4> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dewey Park to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 654 miles [1,052.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,482 miles [10,431.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,159 miles [11,521.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,051 miles [8,128.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dewey Park. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Dewey Park 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 from Point A (ie- Dewey Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dewey Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2319, Longitude: -81.7026 In this case, the coordinates for Dewey Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Dewey Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.572 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.245 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.142 degrees. |