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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 Doctors Inlet, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Doctors Inlet 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 Doctors Inlet:
- 30.100189, -81.776278
- 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 Doctors Inlet
- 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 Clay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Since Doctors Inlet is near Duval County and also Saint Johns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Doctors Inlet
Curious and Interesting Names Near Doctors Inlet ...
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.
- Fellowship Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fellowship Park is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Park
- Hibernia
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hibernia is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibernia
- Holly Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Holly Point is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Point
- John H McIntosh Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Magnolia Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Marshall Plantation ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marshall Plantation is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Plantation
- Orange Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pass Station
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pass Station is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pass Station
- Penney Farms
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rattlesnake Bend
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rattlesnake Bend is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Bend
- Rideout
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rideout is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout
- Switzerland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Switzerland is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzerland
How Far From Doctors Inlet 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 Doctors Inlet to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doctors Inlet and extending to:
- Green Cove Springs, which is the Seat of Clay County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Doctors Inlet to Green Cove Springs, 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 151 miles [243 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 664 miles [1,068.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,491 miles [10,446.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,168 miles [11,535.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,061 miles [8,144.9 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Doctors Inlet) 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 Doctors Inlet 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 Doctors Inlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1002, Longitude: -81.7763 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.605 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.264 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.198 degrees. |
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