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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 Orange Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orange Heights 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 Orange Heights:
- 29.719689, -82.139267
- 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 Orange Heights
- 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 Alachua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since Orange Heights is near Clay County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Orange Heights
Communities Also Named Orange Heights ...
We found three communities that are also named Orange Heights.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Orange Heights.
Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough County
- This Orange Heights is located in Hillsborough County and lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<1> to the south of the Orange Heights that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Orange Heights.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Orange Heights [San Bernardino County].
- North Carolina
- Orange County
- This Orange Heights is located in Orange County and lies 472 miles [759.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Orange Heights that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Orange Heights.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange Heights ...
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.
- Campville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Campville is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campville
- Graham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Green Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Green Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Grove Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Grove Park is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Keystone Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Louise
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louise is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Ruthland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ruthland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruthland
- Waldo
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
How Far From Orange Heights 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 Orange Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Orange Heights and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Orange Heights to Gainesville, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 137 miles [220.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 697 miles [1,121.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,524 miles [10,499.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,094 miles [8,198 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Orange Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Orange Heights 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Orange Heights 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 Orange Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.7197, Longitude: -82.1393 In this case, the coordinates for Orange Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.779 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.413 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.407 degrees. |
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