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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 Dorcas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dorcas 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 Dorcas:
- 30.798243, -86.415782
- 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 Dorcas
- 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 Okaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okaloosa County
- Since Dorcas is near Walton County and also Covington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Covington 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 Dorcas
Communities Also Named Dorcas ...
We found five communities that are also named Dorcas.
Within Florida, the name Dorcas is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Nemaha 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 Kansas community of Dorcas [Nemaha County].
- Missouri
- Stone County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dorcas [Stone County].
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- This Dorcas is located in Meigs County and lies 619 miles [996.2 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Dorcas that is located in Okaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meigs County community of Dorcas.
- Virginia
- Augusta 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 Virginia community of Dorcas [Augusta County].
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- This Dorcas is located in Grant County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Dorcas that is located in Okaloosa County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Dorcas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dorcas ...
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.
- Cluster Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cluster Springs is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Deerland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Deerland is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerland
- Flowersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Flowersville is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowersville
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Gordon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Liberty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mossy Head
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Harmony
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- New Harmony is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pond Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Pond Creek is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
- Silver Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Silver Springs is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
How Far From Dorcas 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 Dorcas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dorcas and extending to:
- Crestview, which is the Seat of Okaloosa County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dorcas to Crestview, with an average speed<5> 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 129 miles [207.6 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 770 miles [1,239.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,664 miles [10,724.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,360 miles [11,844.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,241 miles [8,434.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dorcas 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dorcas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dorcas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Dorcas 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 Dorcas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7982, Longitude: -86.4158 In this case, the coordinates for Dorcas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.251 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.421 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.696 degrees. |
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