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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 Honeyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honeyville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Honeyville:
    • 30.057979, -85.189916
    • 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 Honeyville
  • 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 Honeyville is near Liberty County and also Jackson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson 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 Honeyville

Communities Also Named Honeyville ...

We found seven communities that are also named Honeyville.

Within Florida, the name Honeyville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • This Honeyville is located in LaGrange County and lies 796 miles [1,281 km]<1> to the north of the Honeyville that is located in Gulf County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the LaGrange County community of Honeyville.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Honeyville is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Honeyville that is located in Gulf County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Honeyville.
    • Oklahoma
      • Grant 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 Oklahoma community of Honeyville [Grant County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton 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 Honeyville [Clinton County].
    • Utah
      • Box Elder County
      • This Honeyville is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,694 miles [2,726.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Honeyville that is located in Gulf County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Honeyville.
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • This Honeyville is located in Page County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Honeyville that is located in Gulf County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Page County community of Honeyville.
      • Rockingham County
      • This Honeyville is located in Rockingham County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km] to the north northeast of the Honeyville that is located in Gulf County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockingham County community of Honeyville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Honeyville ...

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.

  • Bon Ami
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Bon Ami is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Ami
  • Brickyard
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Brickyard is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickyard
  • Early
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Early is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early
  • Farmdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Farmdale is located in Bay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Highland View
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland View is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View
  • Lake Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Lake Grove is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Grove
  • Lewis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lewis is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Mexico Beach
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Milltown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Milltown is located in Gulf County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milltown
  • Orange
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Orange is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Owl Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Owl Landing is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Landing

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

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

  • Port Saint Joe, which is the Seat of Gulf County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Honeyville to Port Saint Joe, 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 five to six hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 60 miles [96.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,645 miles [10,694.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,334 miles [11,802.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,219 miles [8,399.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Honeyville) 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 Honeyville 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 Honeyville 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 Honeyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0580, Longitude: -85.1899       In this case, the coordinates for Honeyville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.489 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.436 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.392 degrees.