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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 Kincaid Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kincaid Hills 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 Kincaid Hills:
- 29.633857, -82.283436
- 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 Kincaid Hills
- 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 Kincaid Hills is near Marion County and also Bradford 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 Bradford 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 Kincaid Hills
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kincaid Hills ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinch is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinch
- Green Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Green Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- John H McIntosh Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Riceland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Riceland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceland
- Robinson Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Robinson Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Robinswood
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Robinswood is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Rocky Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Ruthland
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ruthland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthland
- Suburban Heights
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Suburban Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
How Far From Kincaid Hills to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Kincaid Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kincaid Hills and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 131 miles [210.8 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Kincaid Hills to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 705 miles [1,134.6 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,535 miles [10,517.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,104 miles [8,214.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Kincaid Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Kincaid Hills 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 Kincaid Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6339, Longitude: -82.2834 In this case, the coordinates for Kincaid Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.852 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.485 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.475 degrees. |
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