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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 East Williston, we use the following websites to find information relevant to East Williston 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 East Williston:
- 29.388604, -82.418329
- 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 East Williston
- 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 Levy County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Levy County
- Since East Williston is near Marion County and also Alachua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua 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 East Williston
Communities Also Named East Williston ...
We found two communities that are also named East Williston.
Within Florida, the name East Williston is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Nassau County
- This East Williston is located in Nassau County and lies 927 miles [1,491.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the East Williston that is located in Levy County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nassau County community of East Williston.
- Queens 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 New York community of East Williston [Queens County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near East Williston ...
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.
- Adam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Adam is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adam
- Archer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Boardman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Boardman is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Clinch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Clinch is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
- Early Bird
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Early Bird is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
- Fellowship
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Peach Orchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Romeo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Romeo is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
How Far From East Williston 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 East Williston to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in East Williston and extending to:
- Bronson, which is the Seat of Levy County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from East Williston to Bronson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 132 miles [212.4 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 724 miles [1,165.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,228 miles [11,632.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 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- East Williston) 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 East Williston 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 East Williston 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 East Williston. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3886, Longitude: -82.4183 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.91 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.518 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.574 degrees. |
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