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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 Ensley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ensley 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 Ensley:
- 30.518807, -87.272778
- 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 Ensley
- 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Since Ensley is near Santa Rosa County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 Ensley
Communities Also Named Ensley ...
We found four communities that are also named Ensley.
Within Florida, the name Ensley is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Ensley is located in Jefferson County and lies 207 miles [333.1 km]<1> to the north of the Ensley that is located in Escambia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Ensley.
- California
- Sutter County
- This Ensley is located in Sutter County and lies 2,022 miles [3,254.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Ensley that is located in Escambia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sutter County community of Ensley.
- Michigan
- Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Ensley [Newaygo County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Ensley [Shelby County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ensley ...
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.
- Cottage Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cottage Hill is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Farm Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Farm Hill is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farm Hill
- Ferry Pass
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Floridatown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Floridatown is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridatown
- John B Cazenave Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Josepha Pol Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Josepha Pol Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josepha Pol Grant
- Manuel Bonafay Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Manuel Bonafay Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Bonafay Grant
- Manuel Gonzales Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Olive
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Olive is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Riverview
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sanders Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
How Far From Ensley 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 Ensley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ensley and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Ensley to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ensley) 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 Ensley 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 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 Ensley 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 Ensley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5188, Longitude: -87.2728 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.725 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.932 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.066 degrees. |
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