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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 Ocheesee Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocheesee Landing 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 Ocheesee Landing:
- 30.582139, -84.966030
- 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 Ocheesee Landing
- 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 Calhoun County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun County
- Since Ocheesee Landing is near Jackson County and also Liberty County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty 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 Ocheesee Landing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocheesee Landing ...
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.
- Alliance
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alliance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Choconickla ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Choconickla is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconickla
- Cypress
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grand Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Leonards ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Leonards is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
- Pine Island
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Island is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- River Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- River Junction is located in Gadsden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Junction
- Rock Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Rosedale
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rosedale is located in Gadsden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sink Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sink Creek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sink Creek
- Sweetwater
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
How Far From Ocheesee Landing 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 Ocheesee Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ocheesee Landing and extending to:
- Blountstown, which is the Seat of Calhoun County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ocheesee Landing to Blountstown, 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 41 miles [66 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just about two full days and walking would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 728 miles [1,171.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,302 miles [11,751.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,186 miles [8,346.1 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 '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- Ocheesee Landing) 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 Ocheesee Landing 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 Ocheesee Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5821, Longitude: -84.9660 In this case, the coordinates for Ocheesee Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.403 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.409 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.207 degrees. |
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