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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 Highland View, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Highland View 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 Highland View:
- 29.837986, -85.315752
- 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 Highland View
- 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 Gulf County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gulf County
- Since Highland View is near Bay County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Highland View
Communities Also Named Highland View ...
We found eight communities that are also named Highland View.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Highland View.
Beyond Florida, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough County
- This Highland View is located in Hillsborough County and lies 217 miles [349.2 km]<1> to the southeast of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Highland View.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Highland View is located in Harford County and lies 847 miles [1,363.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Highland View.
- Montgomery County
- This Highland View is located in Montgomery County and lies 789 miles [1,269.8 km] to the north northeast of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Highland View.
- Michigan
- Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Highland View [Muskegon County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Highland View [Bucks County].
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- This Highland View is located in Cumberland County and lies 419 miles [674.3 km]<1> to the north of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cumberland County community of Highland View.
- Knox County
- This Highland View is located in Knox County and lies 439 miles [706.5 km] to the north of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Highland View.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Highland View is located in Weber County and lies 1,681 miles [2,705.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Highland View that is located in Gulf County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Highland View.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Highland View ...
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.
- Early
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Early is located in Gulf County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
- Eleven Mile
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Eleven Mile is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile
- Farmdale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Farmdale is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Honeyville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Honeyville is located in Gulf County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honeyville
- Indian Pass
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Indian Pass is located in Gulf County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Pass
- Mexico Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Milltown
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Milltown is located in Gulf County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Gulf County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
How Far From Highland View 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 Highland View to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Highland View and extending to:
- Port Saint Joe, which is the Seat of Gulf County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 74 miles [119.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Highland View to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 782 miles [1,258.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,661 miles [10,719.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,349 miles [11,827.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,235 miles [8,424.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Highland View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Highland View 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Highland View 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 Highland View. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8380, Longitude: -85.3158 In this case, the coordinates for Highland View have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.542 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.468 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.479 degrees. |
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