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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 Octahatchee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Octahatchee 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 Octahatchee:
- 30.579378, -83.190421
- 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 Octahatchee
- 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 Hamilton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Since Octahatchee is near Lowndes County and also Madison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lowndes County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison 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 Octahatchee
Curious and Interesting Names Near Octahatchee ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lake is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Crossroads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Crossroads is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Dasher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dasher is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dasher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,025 people
- Herring
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Herring is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herring
- Jasper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jennings
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Potter
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Echols County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Estimated population in 2019: 870 people
- Twin Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Twin Lakes is located in Lowndes County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
How Far From Octahatchee to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Octahatchee to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Octahatchee and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Hamilton County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Octahatchee to Jasper, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 65 miles [104.6 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 39 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,217 miles [11,614.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,105 miles [8,215.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Octahatchee) 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 Octahatchee 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 Octahatchee. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5794, Longitude: -83.1904 In this case, the coordinates for Octahatchee have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.407 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.257 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.576 degrees. |
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