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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 Mary Esther, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mary Esther 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 Mary Esther:
- 30.413677, -86.663379
- 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 Mary Esther
- 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 Okaloosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Okaloosa County
- Since Mary Esther is near Santa Rosa County and also Walton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walton 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 Mary Esther
Communities Also Named Mary Esther ...
We found one communities that are also named Mary Esther.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Mary Esther.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Santa Rosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mary Esther [Santa Rosa County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mary Esther ...
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.
- Big Hammock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Big Hammock is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hammock
- Dana Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dana Point is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Point
- Dana Pointe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dana Pointe is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana Pointe
- Harper
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Harper is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
- Harris
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Harris is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Longwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Longwood is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
- Muddy Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Muddy Ford is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muddy Ford
- Niceville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Seascape
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Seascape is located in Walton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seascape
How Far From Mary Esther 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 city such as Mary Esther to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Mary Esther and extending to:
- Crestview, which is the Seat of Okaloosa County, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Mary Esther to Crestview, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 141 miles [226.9 km] to the east (E). 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 800 miles [1,287.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,693 miles [10,771.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,388 miles [11,889.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,270 miles [8,481.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mary Esther 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Mary Esther) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Mary Esther 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 Mary Esther. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4137, Longitude: -86.6634 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.361 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.496 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.859 degrees. |
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