Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Dixietown, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dixietown and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Dixietown

• 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 Dixietown:
  • 29.708010, -82.984294
  • 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 Dixietown

• 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 Dixie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Dixie County
  • Since Dixietown is near Gilchrist County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Gilchrist County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Dixietown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dixietown ...

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.

• Bell
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bell is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 510 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell <1>
• Cross City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cross City is located in Dixie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,741 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cross City <1>
• Eugene
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Eugene is located in Dixie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
• Fanning Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Fanning Springs is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fanning Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,056 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fanning Springs <1>
• Harvard
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
• Hatchbend
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
• Little Lake City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
• Lottieville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lottieville is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottieville
• Mutual
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
• Shamrock
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Shamrock is located in Dixie County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock

How Far From Dixietown 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 Dixietown to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Dixietown and extending to:

• Cross City, which is the Seat of Dixie County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dixietown to Cross City, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 92 miles [148.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 719 miles [1,157.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,563 miles [10,562.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,243 miles [11,656.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,134 miles [8,262.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'