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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 Okeafenoke Swamp, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Okeafenoke Swamp 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 Okeafenoke Swamp:
- 30.166902, -82.416507
- 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 Okeafenoke Swamp
- 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 Baker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baker County
- Since Okeafenoke Swamp is near Columbia County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union 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 Okeafenoke Swamp
Curious and Interesting Names Near Okeafenoke Swamp ...
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.
- Brown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Browns Still
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Browns Still is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Still
- Danville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Danville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dukes
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dukes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Ebenezer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ebenezer is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
- Five Points
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Greenfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Greenfield is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Johnstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Johnstown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Lacymark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lacymark is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacymark
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lake Butler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lulu
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manns Spur
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Manns Spur is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Spur
- Mason
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mason is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Providence
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Providence is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
How Far From Okeafenoke Swamp to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Okeafenoke Swamp 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<2> community of Okeafenoke Swamp once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Okeafenoke Swamp and extending to:
- MacClenny, which is the Seat of Baker County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Okeafenoke Swamp to MacClenny, with an average speed<4> 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 6 hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 675 miles [1,086.3 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,197 miles [11,582.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,087 miles [8,186.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Okeafenoke Swamp, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Okeafenoke Swamp) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Okeafenoke Swamp 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 Okeafenoke Swamp. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1669, Longitude: -82.4165 In this case, the coordinates for Okeafenoke Swamp have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.956 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.68 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.40 degrees. |
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