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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 Luraville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Luraville 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 Luraville:
- 30.122445, -83.169303
- 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 Luraville
- 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 Suwannee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee County
- Since Luraville is near Lafayette County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 Luraville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Luraville ...
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.
- Buckville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Buckville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
- Chancey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chancey is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancey
- Cooks Hammock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
- Day
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dell is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Mayo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Mayo Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mayo Junction is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayo Junction
- Padlock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Slade
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slade is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slade
How Far From Luraville 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 Luraville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Luraville and extending to:
- Live Oak, which is the Seat of Suwannee County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Luraville to Live Oak, 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 five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 698 miles [1,123.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,553 miles [10,546 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,235 miles [11,643.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Luraville) 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 Luraville 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 Luraville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1224, Longitude: -83.1693 In this case, the coordinates for Luraville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.366 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.147 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.669 degrees. |
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