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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 Durbin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Durbin 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 Durbin:
    • 30.087465, -81.461194
    • 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 Durbin
  • 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 Saint Johns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns County
    • Since Durbin is near Duval County and also Clay 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 Clay 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 Durbin

Communities Also Named Durbin ...

We found ten communities that are also named Durbin.

Within Florida, the name Durbin is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Hamilton County
      • This Durbin is located in Hamilton County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Durbin.
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • This Durbin is located in Boyd County and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<1> to the north of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boyd County community of Durbin.
    • Missouri
      • Wright County
      • This Durbin is located in Wright County and lies 808 miles [1,300.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wright County community of Durbin.
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • This Durbin is located in Cass County and lies 1,426 miles [2,294.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Durbin.
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • This Durbin is located in Clark County and lies 692 miles [1,113.7 km]<1> to the north of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Durbin.
      • Mercer County
      • This Durbin is located in Mercer County and lies 745 miles [1,199 km] to the north northwest of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Durbin.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • This Durbin is located in Marion County and lies 2,456 miles [3,952.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Durbin.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Greene County
      • This Durbin is located in Greene County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<1> to the north of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Durbin.
    • West Virginia
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Durbin is located in Pocahontas County and lies 591 miles [951.1 km]<1> to the north of the Durbin that is located in Saint Johns County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Durbin.
    • Wyoming
      • Natrona 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 Wyoming community of Durbin [Natrona County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Durbin ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarksville is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
  • Florence
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Florence is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
  • Fruit Cove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Greenland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenland is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
  • Joseph Summerland Grant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Lewis Mattair Grant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lewis Mattair Grant is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Mattair Grant
  • Orangedale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orangedale is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
  • Palm Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Valley is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley
  • Palm Valley Landing
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Palm Valley Landing is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Valley Landing
  • Sawgrass
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Sawgrass is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawgrass
  • Sunbeam
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunbeam is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
  • Twentymile
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Twentymile is located in Saint Johns County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twentymile

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Durbin and extending to:

  • Saint Augustine, which is the Seat of Saint Johns County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Durbin to Saint Augustine, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 169 miles [272 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 658 miles [1,058.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,477 miles [10,423.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,153 miles [11,511.6 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Durbin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Durbin 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Durbin 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 Durbin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0875, Longitude: -81.4612       In this case, the coordinates for Durbin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.434 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.066 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.095 degrees.