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 H McIntosh Grant:
28.811380, -80.903110
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 H McIntosh 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 Volusia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
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:
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Communities Also Named John H McIntosh Grant ...
We found two communities that are also named John H McIntosh Grant.
There are two communities within Florida that are also named John H McIntosh Grant.
Beyond Florida.
Communities Located In Florida ...
Alachua County
This John H McIntosh Grant is located in Alachua County and lies 102 miles [164.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the John H McIntosh Grant that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of John H McIntosh Grant.
Duval County
This John H McIntosh Grant is located in Duval County and lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the John H McIntosh Grant that is located in Volusia County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Duval County community of John H McIntosh Grant.
Curious and Interesting Names Near John H McIntosh 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.
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 H McIntosh Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in John H McIntosh Grant and extending to:
De Land, which is the Seat of Volusia County, lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from John H McIntosh Grant to De Land, with an average speed<2> 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 231 miles [371.8 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 from Point A (ie- John H McIntosh Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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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.
<3>
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 H McIntosh 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 H McIntosh Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8114, Longitude: -80.9031 In this case, the coordinates for John H McIntosh Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.069 degrees.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.466 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.21 degrees.