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 Dinsmore:
30.406071, -81.744545
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.
We found nine communities that share the name Dinsmore.
Within Florida, the name Dinsmore is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Newton County
This Dinsmore is located in Newton County and lies 782 miles [1,258.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Newton County community of Dinsmore.
California
Humboldt County
This Dinsmore is located in Humboldt County and lies 2,430 miles [3,910.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Humboldt County community of Dinsmore.
Colorado
Pueblo County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Dinsmore [Pueblo County].
Georgia
Fulton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dinsmore [Fulton County].
Mississippi
Noxubee County
This Dinsmore is located in Noxubee County and lies 429 miles [690.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Noxubee County community of Dinsmore.
Missouri
Mercer County
This Dinsmore is located in Mercer County and lies 961 miles [1,546.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Dinsmore.
Pennsylvania
Washington County
This Dinsmore is located in Washington County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the north of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Dinsmore.
Saskatchewan
This Dinsmore lies 1,952 miles [3,141.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
Texas
Wharton County
This Dinsmore is located in Wharton County and lies 859 miles [1,382.4 km]<1> to the west of the Dinsmore that is located in Duval County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wharton County community of Dinsmore.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dinsmore ...
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.
Garden City (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
Joseph Rain and William Bailey Grant (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joseph Rain and William Bailey Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Dinsmore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dinsmore and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 151 miles [243 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Dinsmore to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>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 644 miles [1,036.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Dinsmore) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dinsmore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4061, Longitude: -81.7445 In this case, the coordinates for Dinsmore have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Dinsmore 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.
<3>
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.
<4>
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.
<5>
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 Dinsmore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.603 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.305 degrees.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.116 degrees.