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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 Ochisi, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ochisi 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 Ochisi:
- 30.483529, -84.949916
- 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 Ochisi
- 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 Jackson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jackson County
- Since Ochisi is near Liberty County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 Ochisi
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ochisi ...
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
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Alliance is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alliance
- Choconickla ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Choconickla is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choconickla
- Fawn Ford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Fawn Ford is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ford
- Juniper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Juniper is located in Gadsden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Leonards ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Leonards is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonards
- Pine Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pine Island is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Rock Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Bluff is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bluff
- Shady Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shady Grove is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sweetwater
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
How Far From Ochisi 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 Ochisi to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<1> community of Ochisi once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ochisi and extending to:
- Marianna, which is the Seat of Jackson County, lies 25 miles [40.2 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ochisi to Marianna, with an average speed<3> 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 39 miles [62.8 km] to the east (E). 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 over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 733 miles [1,179.6 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 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,189 miles [8,350.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ochisi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ochisi) 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 Ochisi 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 Ochisi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4835, Longitude: -84.9499 In this case, the coordinates for Ochisi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.386 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.376 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.221 degrees. |
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