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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 LaBuena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to LaBuena 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 LaBuena:
- 30.242459, -82.099278
- 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 LaBuena
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since LaBuena is near Nassau County and also Duval County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval 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 LaBuena
Curious and Interesting Names Near LaBuena ...
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.
- Brightsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Brightsville is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightsville
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Highland is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Hugh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hugh is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugh
- Kenny
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kenny is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
- Manns Spur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Manns Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Spur
- Maxville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Maxville is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Pine Top
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Top is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Stokesville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Stokesville is located in Charlton County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stokesville
How Far From LaBuena 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 LaBuena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in LaBuena and extending to:
- MacClenny, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from LaBuena 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 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 663 miles [1,067 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 38 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,499 miles [10,459.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,178 miles [11,551.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,069 miles [8,157.8 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- LaBuena) 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 LaBuena 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 LaBuena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2425, Longitude: -82.0993 In this case, the coordinates for LaBuena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.788 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.495 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.275 degrees. |
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