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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 Miguel Crosby Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Miguel Crosby Grant 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 Miguel Crosby Grant:
- 29.500804, -81.687303
- 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 Miguel Crosby Grant
- 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since Miguel Crosby Grant is near Marion County and also Flagler 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 Flagler 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 Miguel Crosby Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Miguel Crosby Grant ...
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.
- Buffalo Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
- Francis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Francis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Fruitland
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Georgetown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Job Wiggins Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Job Wiggins Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job Wiggins Grant
- John Broward Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- John Broward Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- Johns Ferry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Johns Ferry is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Ferry
- Possum Bluff
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Possum Bluff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Bluff
- Rodman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rodman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
How Far From Miguel Crosby Grant to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Miguel Crosby Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Miguel Crosby Grant and extending to:
- Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Miguel Crosby Grant to Palatka, 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 168 miles [270.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 700 miles [1,126.5 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 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Miguel Crosby Grant) 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 Miguel Crosby Grant 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 Miguel Crosby Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.5008, Longitude: -81.6873 In this case, the coordinates for Miguel Crosby Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.523 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.087 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.306 degrees. |
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