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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 Lake Alto Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Alto Estates 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 Lake Alto Estates:
- 29.782466, -82.130935
- 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 Lake Alto Estates
- 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 Lake Alto Estates is near Bradford County and also Clay County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay 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 Lake Alto Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Alto Estates ...
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.
- Campville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Graham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Green Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Grove Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Keystone Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Louise
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Orange Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orange Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights
- Paradise
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Pleasant Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Ruthland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthland
- Waldo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
How Far From Lake Alto Estates 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 Lake Alto Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Alto Estates and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Alto Estates to Gainesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 136 miles [218.9 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,521 miles [10,494.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,198 miles [11,584.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 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 '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- Lake Alto Estates) 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 Lake Alto Estates 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 Lake Alto Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7825, Longitude: -82.1309 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Alto Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.779 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.421 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.39 degrees. |
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