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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 Redoubt, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Redoubt 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 Redoubt:
- 30.355477, -87.296917
- 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 Redoubt
- 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 Fort Redoubt 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 Fort Redoubt
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Redoubt ...
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.
- Haven Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Haven Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
- John B Cazenave Grant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Josepha Pol Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Josepha Pol Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josepha Pol Grant
- Navy Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Navy Point is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Point
- Pleasant Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sand Cut ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
- Sanders Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach
- Seaglades
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Seaglades is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaglades
How Far From Fort Redoubt 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 Fort Redoubt to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Fort Redoubt and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Redoubt to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,420 miles [11,941.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,301 miles [8,531.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Redoubt) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Redoubt 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 Redoubt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3555, Longitude: -87.2969 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Redoubt have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.724 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.908 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.104 degrees. |
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