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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 Idylwild, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Idylwild 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 Idylwild:
- 29.617746, -82.348438
- 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 Idylwild
- 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 Alachua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since Idylwild is near Marion County and also Levy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Levy 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 Idylwild
Communities Also Named Idylwild ...
We found two communities that are also named Idylwild.
Within Florida, the name Idylwild is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay 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 Kansas community of Idylwild [Clay County].
- Ontario
- This Idylwild lies 959 miles [1,543.4 km]<2> to the north of the Idylwild that is located in Alachua County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Idylwild ...
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.
- Clinch
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Clinch is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
- Green Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- John H McIntosh Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Riceland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Riceland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceland
- Robinson Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Robinson Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Robinswood
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robinswood is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Rocky Point
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rocky Point is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Ruthland
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruthland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthland
- Suburban Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Suburban Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
How Far From Idylwild 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 Idylwild to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Idylwild and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 128 miles [206 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Idylwild to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 708 miles [1,139.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Idylwild 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 '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- Idylwild) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Idylwild 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 Idylwild. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6177, Longitude: -82.3484 In this case, the coordinates for Idylwild have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.886 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.523 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.50 degrees. |
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