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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 Glen Saint Mary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Glen Saint Mary 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 Glen Saint Mary:
- 30.276525, -82.161005
- 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 Glen Saint Mary
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Glen Saint Mary is near Nassau County and also Charlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton 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 Glen Saint Mary
Curious and Interesting Names Near Glen Saint Mary ...
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.
- Boggy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Boggy is located in Charlton County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggy
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Highland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hugh is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
- Johnstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Kenny
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kenny is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
- Manns Spur
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Manns Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Spur
- Maxville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Top
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Pine Top is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Stokesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Stokesville is located in Charlton County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
How Far From Glen Saint Mary 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 Glen Saint Mary to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Glen Saint Mary and extending to:
- MacClenny, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 126 miles [202.8 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from Glen Saint Mary to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 662 miles [1,065.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,500 miles [10,460.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,180 miles [11,555.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,071 miles [8,161 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Glen Saint Mary) 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 Glen Saint Mary 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 Glen Saint Mary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2765, Longitude: -82.1610 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.823 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.541 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.288 degrees. |
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