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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 Fort Brook Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Brook Landing 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 Fort Brook Landing:
- 29.514692, -81.907588
- 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 Fort Brook Landing
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Fort Brook Landing is near Putnam County and also Alachua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam 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 Fort Brook Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Brook Landing ...
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.
- Edgar
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Eureka is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Hog Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hog Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Valley
- Hunter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hunter is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Lands End Ranch
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lands End Ranch is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End Ranch
- Mannville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mannville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannville
- Orange Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Rodman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rodman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
How Far From Fort Brook Landing 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 Fort Brook Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Brook Landing and extending to:
- Ocala, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Brook Landing to Ocala, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 155 miles [249.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,092 miles [8,194.8 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Brook Landing) 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 Fort Brook Landing 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 Fort Brook Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5147, Longitude: -81.9076 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Brook Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.642 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.227 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.376 degrees. |
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