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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 John Gayler Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to John Gayler Grant 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 John Gayler Grant:
- 30.903518, -87.477759
- 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 John Gayler Grant
- 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Since John Gayler Grant is near Escambia County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 John Gayler Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near John Gayler Grant ...
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.
- Canoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Canoe is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Freemanville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Freemanville is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemanville
- Malta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Malta is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Mineral Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Oak Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oak Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pine Barren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Pleasant Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Robinsonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Robinsonville is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Walnut Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
How Far From John Gayler Grant 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 John Gayler Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in John Gayler Grant and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies 36 miles [57.9 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from John Gayler Grant to Pensacola, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 192 miles [309 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 807 miles [1,298.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,705 miles [10,790.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,405 miles [11,917.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- John Gayler Grant) 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 John Gayler Grant 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 John Gayler Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9035, Longitude: -87.4778 In this case, the coordinates for John Gayler Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.88 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.164 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.074 degrees. |
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