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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 Hamaste, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamaste 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 Hamaste:
- 30.266872, -83.991553
- 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 Hamaste
- 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since Hamaste is near Taylor County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Hamaste
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamaste ...
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.
- Cabbage Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cabbage Grove is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Grove
- Cody
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cody is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Corey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Corey is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
- Limestone
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Limestone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Lloyd
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Plum Orchard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Plum Orchard is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Orchard
- Rose
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rose is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Shell Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Island is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
How Far From Hamaste 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 Hamaste to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Hamaste once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Hamaste and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hamaste to Monticello, with an average speed<4> 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 most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest (NW). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just over a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 714 miles [1,149.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,268 miles [11,696.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,155 miles [8,296.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hamaste, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Hamaste) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Hamaste 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 Hamaste. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2669, Longitude: -83.9916 In this case, the coordinates for Hamaste have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.832 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.705 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.925 degrees. |
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