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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 Oyster Lodge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oyster Lodge 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 Oyster Lodge:
- 30.967961, -87.234140
- 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 Oyster Lodge
- 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Since Oyster Lodge is near Escambia County and also Santa Rosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa 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 Oyster Lodge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oyster Lodge ...
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.
- Canoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Canoe is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Century
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Happy Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Happy Valley is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Jay
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- Little Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Little Rock is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Rock
- Malta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Malta is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
- Mineral Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Mineral Springs is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Pea Ridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pea Ridge is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Ridge
- Pine Barren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Riverview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 181 people
- Robinsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Robinsonville is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinsonville
- Sardine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sardine is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardine
- Stanley Crossroads
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stanley Crossroads is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley Crossroads
How Far From Oyster Lodge 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 Oyster Lodge to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Oyster Lodge and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies 37 miles [59.5 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Oyster Lodge to Pensacola, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,691 miles [10,768.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,391 miles [11,894.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,270 miles [8,481.2 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oyster Lodge) 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 Oyster Lodge 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 Oyster Lodge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.9680, Longitude: -87.2341 In this case, the coordinates for Oyster Lodge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.742 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.014 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.97 degrees. |
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