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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 Butler, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Butler 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 Butler:
- 30.022404, -82.339785
- 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 Butler
- 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 Union County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Since Lake Butler is near Bradford County and also Columbia 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 Columbia 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 Butler
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Butler ...
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.
- Bland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Brown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Brown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Browns Still
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Browns Still is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Still
- Dana
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Danville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Danville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dukes
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Dukes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Graham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hasan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hasan is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasan
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- La Crosse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lulu
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Bradford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Providence is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From Lake Butler 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 city such as Lake Butler 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 Butler and extending to:
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 119 miles [191.5 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Butler 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 682 miles [1,097.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,520 miles [10,492.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,090 miles [8,191.6 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Butler) 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 Butler 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 Butler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0224, Longitude: -82.3398 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.906 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.602 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.407 degrees. |
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