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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 Long Hammock, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Long Hammock 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 Long Hammock:
- 28.927206, -82.103144
- 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 Long Hammock
- 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Since Long Hammock is near Marion County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Long Hammock
Curious and Interesting Names Near Long Hammock ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cherry Lake is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Danks Corner
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Lake Weir ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Weir is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weir
- Marion Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Marion Oaks is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Oaks
- Monarch
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Monarch is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
- Orange Blossom Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Orange Blossom Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Hills
- Orange Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Home is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
- Royal
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Royal is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Rutland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Rutland is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Sunset Harbor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Harbor is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Harbor
- Wildwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Long Hammock 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 Long Hammock to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Long Hammock and extending to:
- Bushnell, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Long Hammock to Bushnell, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 167 miles [268.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,558 miles [10,554.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,231 miles [11,637.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,127 miles [8,251.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Long Hammock) 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 Long Hammock 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 Long Hammock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9272, Longitude: -82.1031 In this case, the coordinates for Long Hammock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.71 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.223 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.57 degrees. |
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