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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 Kings Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kings Ferry 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 Kings Ferry:
    • 30.785234, -81.838998
    • 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 Kings Ferry
  • 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
    • Since Kings Ferry is near Camden County and also Charlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton 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 Kings Ferry

Communities Also Named Kings Ferry ...

We found five communities that are also named Kings Ferry.

Within Florida, the name Kings Ferry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • This Kings Ferry is located in Tuscaloosa County and lies 373 miles [600.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Ferry that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscaloosa County community of Kings Ferry.
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Camden County community of Kings Ferry.
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • This Kings Ferry is located in Warren County and lies 545 miles [877.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Kings Ferry that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Kings Ferry.
    • New York
      • Cayuga 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 New York community of Kings Ferry [Cayuga County].
      • Rockland County
      • This Kings Ferry is located in Rockland County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Kings Ferry that is located in Nassau County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rockland County community of Kings Ferry.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Kings Ferry ...

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.

  • Bullhead Bluff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Bullhead Bluff is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullhead Bluff
  • Catfish Acres
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Catfish Acres is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Acres
  • Centerville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Evergreen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Evergreen is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Fawnwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Fawnwood is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawnwood
  • Flea Hill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Flea Hill is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flea Hill
  • Greenville
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Greenville is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
  • Highway Park Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Highway Park Ferry is located in Charlton County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park Ferry
  • Kings Ferry
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kings Ferry is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ferry
  • Lessie
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lessie is located in Nassau County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lessie
  • Martin Glen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Martin Glen is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Glen
  • Mays Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Mays Bluff is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays Bluff
  • Wolfbay
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Wolfbay is located in Camden County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfbay

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

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

  • Fernandina Beach, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Kings Ferry to Fernandina Beach, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 622 miles [1,001 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,463 miles [10,401.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,144 miles [11,497.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,034 miles [8,101.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Kings Ferry) 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 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 Kings Ferry 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 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 Kings Ferry 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 Kings Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7852, Longitude: -81.8390       In this case, the coordinates for Kings Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.673 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.439 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.058 degrees.