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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 Mount Royal, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal:
- 29.429696, -81.520907
- 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 Mount Royal
- 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 Mount Royal is near Flagler County and also Volusia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Flagler County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia 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 Mount Royal
Communities Also Named Mount Royal ...
We found six communities that are also named Mount Royal.
Within Florida, the name Mount Royal is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- Maryland
- Baltimore City
- This Mount Royal is located in Baltimore City and lies 736 miles [1,184.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Royal that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore City community of Mount Royal.
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of Mount Royal [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- This Mount Royal is located in Gloucester County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Royal that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gloucester County community of Mount Royal.
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- This Mount Royal is located in York County and lies 778 miles [1,252.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Royal that is located in Putnam County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Mount Royal.
- Prince Edward Island
- This Mount Royal lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Mount Royal that is located in Putnam County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mount Royal ...
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.
- Bakerstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Bakerstown is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bakerstown
- Crescent City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crescent City Station
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fruitland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fruitland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Georgetown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- John Broward Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- John Broward Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- Johns Ferry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Johns Ferry is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Ferry
- New Run
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- New Run is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Run
- Shell Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shell Bluff is located in Flagler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
How Far From Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Mount Royal and extending to:
- Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Mount Royal to Palatka, with an average speed<4> 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 179 miles [288.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 701 miles [1,128.2 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,509 miles [10,475.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,182 miles [11,558.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,078 miles [8,172.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Royal) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Mount Royal 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Mount Royal 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 Mount Royal. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4297, Longitude: -81.5209 In this case, the coordinates for Mount Royal have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.43 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.97 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.268 degrees. |
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