Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Flowersville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Flowersville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Flowersville

• 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 Flowersville:
  • 30.953793, -86.338280
  • 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 Flowersville

• 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 Walton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
  • Since Flowersville is near Covington County and also Okaloosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Okaloosa 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 Flowersville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Flowersville ...

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.

• Chapel Hill
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Chapel Hill is located in Covington County (AL)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
• Cluster Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cluster Springs is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
• Gordon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Gordon is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
• Liberty
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
• New Harmony
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Harmony is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
• Pleasant Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Pond Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Pond Creek is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Creek
• Sand Hill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sand Hill is located in Walton County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill

How Far From Flowersville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Flowersville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Flowersville and extending to:

• De Funiak Springs, which is the Seat of Walton County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Flowersville to De Funiak Springs, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 127 miles [204.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 759 miles [1,221.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,350 miles [11,828.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,231 miles [8,418.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'