Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Fort Drum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Drum and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Fort Drum
- 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 Drum:
- 27.526705, -80.806727
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fort Drum
- 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 Okeechobee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Okeechobee County
- Since Fort Drum is near Indian River County and also Osceola County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Indian River County
- eBird sighting report for Osceola 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Fort Drum ...
We found two communities that share the name Fort Drum.
There is one other community in Florida which is also named Fort Drum.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Fort Drum in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Drum ...
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.
- Barber Quarters
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Quarters
- Barber Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Cypress Quarters
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Quarters have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Quarters
- Cypress Quarters is located in Okeechobee County
- Eagle Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Island have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Island
- Eagle Island is located in Okeechobee County
- Fort Kissimmee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Kissimmee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kissimmee
- Fort Kissimmee is located in Okeechobee County
- Mildred
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Whispering Pines
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whispering Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
- Whispering Pines is located in Okeechobee County
- Yeehaw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Yeehaw Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeehaw Junction
- Yeehaw Junction is located in Osceola County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeehaw Junction <3>
How Far From Fort Drum 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 Fort Drum to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Fort Drum and extending to:
- Okeechobee, which is the Seat of Okeechobee County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Drum to Okeechobee, with an average speed<5> 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 6 hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 290 miles [466.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,561 miles [10,558.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fort Drum. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Okeechobee County: www.co.okeechobee.fl.us/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Fort Drum 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. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fort Drum) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Drum. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.5267, Longitude: -80.8067 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Drum have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Drum to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 309.939 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.139 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.466 degrees. |