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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 Hildreth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hildreth 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 Hildreth:
- 29.952732, -82.805402
- 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 Hildreth
- 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 Suwannee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee County
- Since Hildreth is near Columbia County and also Gilchrist County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilchrist 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 Hildreth
Communities Also Named Hildreth ...
We found five communities that are also named Hildreth.
Within Florida, the name Hildreth is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Fresno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Hildreth [Fresno County].
- Madera County
- This Hildreth is located in Madera County and lies 2,162 miles [3,479.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hildreth that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madera County community of Hildreth.
- Illinois
- Edgar County
- This Hildreth is located in Edgar County and lies 741 miles [1,192.5 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Hildreth that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Edgar County community of Hildreth.
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- This Hildreth is located in Beaverhead County and lies 1,930 miles [3,106 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hildreth that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Beaverhead County community of Hildreth.
- Nebraska
- Franklin County
- This Hildreth is located in Franklin County and lies 1,160 miles [1,866.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Hildreth that is located in Suwannee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Hildreth.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hildreth ...
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 northeast)
- Bass is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass
- Bell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grady
(7 miles [11.3 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 south)
- Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Hatchbend
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- Little Lake City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
- Mason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mikesville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Mikesville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
- Mutual
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Sandy Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
How Far From Hildreth to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hildreth to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hildreth and extending to:
- Live Oak, which is the Seat of Suwannee County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hildreth to Live Oak, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 94 miles [151.3 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 most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 699 miles [1,124.9 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,544 miles [10,531.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,115 miles [8,231.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Hildreth 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Hildreth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hildreth 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 Hildreth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9527, Longitude: -82.8054 In this case, the coordinates for Hildreth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.156 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.88 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.581 degrees. |
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