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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 Lloyd, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lloyd 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 Lloyd:
    • 30.479130, -84.022613
    • 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 Lloyd
  • 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
    • Since Lloyd is near Leon County and also Thomas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Leon County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Thomas 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 Lloyd

Communities Also Named Lloyd ...

We found twelve communities that are also named Lloyd.

Within Florida, the name Lloyd is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of twelve communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • This Lloyd is located in Ashley County and lies 480 miles [772.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ashley County community of Lloyd.
    • Georgia
      • Dooly 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 Georgia community of Lloyd [Dooly County].
    • Kentucky
      • Greenup County
      • This Lloyd is located in Greenup County and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the north of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenup County community of Lloyd.
    • Montana
      • Blaine County
      • This Lloyd is located in Blaine County and lies 1,812 miles [2,916.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Lloyd.
      • Chouteau 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 Montana community of Lloyd [Chouteau County].
      • Deer Lodge County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Lloyd [Deer Lodge County].
    • Nebraska
      • Knox 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 Nebraska community of Lloyd [Knox County].
    • New York
      • Ulster County
      • This Lloyd is located in Ulster County and lies 955 miles [1,536.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ulster County community of Lloyd.
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • This Lloyd is located in Portage County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Portage County community of Lloyd.
    • Ontario
      • This Lloyd lies 1,095 miles [1,762.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Lloyd that is located in Jefferson County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Lloyd [Tioga County].
    • Texas
      • Denton 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 Texas community of Lloyd [Denton County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lloyd ...

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.

  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Centerville is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cody
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cody is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Corey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Corey is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corey
  • Dills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Dills is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
  • Four Points
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Four Points is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Points
  • Henrietta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Henrietta is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
  • Limestone
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Limestone is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
  • Peck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Peck is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
  • Roddenberry ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Roddenberry is located in Thomas County (GA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roddenberry
  • Rose
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rose is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
  • Zion Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Zion Hill is located in Leon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill

How Far From Lloyd to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lloyd to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Monticello, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Lloyd to Monticello, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 703 miles [1,131.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,574 miles [10,579.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,147 miles [8,283.3 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lloyd) 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 Lloyd 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 Lloyd 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 Lloyd. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4791, Longitude: -84.0226    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.864 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.772 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.891 degrees.