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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 Koerber, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Koerber 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 Koerber:
- 30.727411, -86.071328
- 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 Koerber
- 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 Walton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton County
- Since Koerber is near Holmes County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Holmes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington 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 Koerber
Curious and Interesting Names Near Koerber ...
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.
- Argyle
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bounds Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bounds Crossing is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bounds Crossing
- Cluster Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cluster Springs is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs
- Hickory Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Hill is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piney Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pleasant Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Prosperity
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prosperity is located in Holmes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prosperity
- Redbay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Redbay is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redbay
- Rock Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Rock Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Hill
- Sand Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Union
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Union is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
How Far From Koerber 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 Koerber to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Koerber and extending to:
- De Funiak Springs, which is the Seat of Walton County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 108 miles [173.8 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Koerber to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 761 miles [1,224.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,347 miles [11,823.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,229 miles [8,415.3 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Koerber) 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 Koerber 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 Koerber. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7274, Longitude: -86.0713 In this case, the coordinates for Koerber have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.046 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.174 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.582 degrees. |
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