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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 Nassau Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Nassau Village 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 Nassau Village:
- 30.526445, -81.769816
- 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 Nassau Village
- 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Since Nassau Village is near Duval County and also Charlton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlton 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 Nassau Village
Communities Also Named Nassau Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Nassau Village.
Within Florida, the name Nassau Village is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Nassau Village in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Nassau Village [Delaware County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Nassau Village ...
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.
- Garden City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garden City is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Harbor View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harbor View is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor View
- Hero
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Hero is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
- Holly Ford
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Holly Ford is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Ford
- Italia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Italia is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
- Joels Landing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Joels Landing is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joels Landing
- John Broward Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- John Broward Grant is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- John Carter Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- John Carter Grant is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Carter Grant
- John Houston Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- John Houston Grant is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Houston Grant
- Jonathan Watson Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Joseph Rain and William Bailey Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Levi Sparkman Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Levi Sparkman Grant is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levi Sparkman Grant
- Pecan Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Pecan Park is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
- Riverview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
How Far From Nassau Village 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 Nassau Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Nassau Village and extending to:
- Fernandina Beach, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Nassau Village to Fernandina Beach, 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 most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 149 miles [239.8 km] to the west (W). 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 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 637 miles [1,025.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,471 miles [10,414.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,151 miles [11,508.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,042 miles [8,114.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 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 Nassau Village 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Nassau Village) 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 Nassau Village 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 Nassau Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5264, Longitude: -81.7698 In this case, the coordinates for Nassau Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.623 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.345 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.096 degrees. |
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