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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 Hedges, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hedges 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 Hedges:
    • 30.599126, -81.598430
    • 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 Hedges
  • 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
    • Since Hedges is near Duval County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Hedges

Communities Also Named Hedges ...

We found six communities that are also named Hedges.

Within Florida, the name Hedges is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Stone County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hedges [Stone County].
    • Georgia
      • Walker County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hedges [Walker County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clark County
      • This Hedges is located in Clark County and lies 529 miles [851.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Hedges that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Hedges.
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hedges [Montgomery County].
    • Ohio
      • Paulding County
      • This Hedges is located in Paulding County and lies 742 miles [1,194.1 km]<3> to the north of the Hedges that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Hedges.
    • Washington
      • Benton County
      • This Hedges is located in Benton County and lies 2,265 miles [3,645.2 km]<3> to the northwest of the Hedges that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Benton County community of Hedges.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hedges ...

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.

  • American Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • American Beach is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Beach
  • Chester
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chester is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Gross
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gross is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
  • Hero
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hero is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
  • Italia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Italia is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
  • Joels Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Joels Landing is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joels Landing
  • John Broward Grant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • John Broward Grant is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
  • John Houston Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • John Houston Grant is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Houston Grant
  • Pecan Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pecan Park is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
  • Shady Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Shady Rest is located in Duval County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest

How Far From Hedges 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 Hedges to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hedges and extending to:

  • Fernandina Beach, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hedges to Fernandina Beach, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 628 miles [1,010.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,460 miles [10,396.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,140 miles [11,490.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,031 miles [8,096.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Hedges, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Hedges 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.
<3>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- Hedges) 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 Hedges 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 Hedges. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5991, Longitude: -81.5984       In this case, the coordinates for Hedges have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.533 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.252 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.02 degrees.