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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 Fenholloway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fenholloway 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 Fenholloway:
- 30.077437, -83.496812
- 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 Fenholloway
- 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Since Fenholloway is near Lafayette County and also Suwannee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee 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 Fenholloway
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fenholloway ...
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.
- Buckville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Buckville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
- Cooks Hammock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
- Day
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dell is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Mayo Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mayo Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Junction
- Pinland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pinland is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinland
- Roach
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Shady Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Fenholloway 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 Fenholloway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fenholloway and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Fenholloway to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,569 miles [10,571.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,141 miles [8,273.6 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 '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- Fenholloway) 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 Fenholloway 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 Fenholloway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0774, Longitude: -83.4968 In this case, the coordinates for Fenholloway have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.544 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.346 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.792 degrees. |
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