Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 White:
  • 29.923054, -82.713828
  • 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 White

• 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
  • Since Fort White is near Suwannee County and also Alachua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee 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 White

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort White ...

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.

• Bass
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bass is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
• Bland
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bland is located in Alachua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
• Clark
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Clark is located in Alachua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
• Grady
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Grady is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
• Harvard
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
• Hatchbend
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
• High Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • High Springs is located in Alachua County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,280 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for High Springs <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to High Springs
  • From Fort White to High Springs
• Little Lake City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
• Mason
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
• Mikesville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mikesville is located in Columbia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
• Providence
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Providence is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
• Sandy Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point

How Far From Fort White 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 town such as Fort White 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 White and extending to:

• Lake City, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort White to Lake City, with an average speed<3> 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 five to six hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 100 miles [160.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 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 6,541 miles [10,526.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,221 miles [11,621.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,112 miles [8,227 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'