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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 Mountain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Orange Mountain 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 Mountain:
- 28.503058, -81.719798
- 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 Mountain
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Orange Mountain is near Orange County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Mountain
Curious and Interesting Names Near Orange Mountain ...
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.
- Castle Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Castle Hill is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Hill
- Crown Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crown Point is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Point
- Ferndale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Groveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Butter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lake Butter is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Butter
- Minneola
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mohawk
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mohawk is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
- Skytop
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Skytop is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skytop
- Waits Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waits Junction is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits Junction
- Winter Garden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Orange Mountain 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 Orange Mountain to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Orange Mountain and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Orange Mountain to Tavares, with an average speed<3> 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 most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 203 miles [326.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 766 miles [1,232.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,229 miles [11,633.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,128 miles [8,252.7 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Orange Mountain) 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 Orange Mountain 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 Mountain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.5031, Longitude: -81.7198 In this case, the coordinates for Orange Mountain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.479 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.897 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.539 degrees. |
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