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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 Peter Fouchard Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Peter Fouchard Grant and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Peter Fouchard Grant:
    • 28.788880, -80.881443
    • 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 Peter Fouchard Grant
  • 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 Brevard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Brevard County
    • Since Peter Fouchard Grant is near Volusia County and also Seminole County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole 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 Peter Fouchard Grant

Curious and Interesting Names Near Peter Fouchard Grant ...

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.

  • Cow Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Cow Creek is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
  • Dummit Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Dummit Grove is located in Brevard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummit Grove
  • Jane Murray Grant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jane Murray Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jane Murray Grant
  • Jay Jay
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jay Jay is located in Brevard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Jay
  • John Bolton Grant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • John Bolton Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Bolton Grant
  • John H McIntosh Grant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  • John Low Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • John Low Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Low Grant
  • Joseph Delespine Grant
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Joseph Gaunt Grant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Joseph Gaunt Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Gaunt Grant
  • Joseph Wales Grant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Joseph Wales Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Wales Grant
  • Lucas Crayon Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lucas Crayon Grant is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucas Crayon Grant
  • Maytown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Maytown is located in Volusia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown

How Far From Peter Fouchard Grant 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 Peter Fouchard Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Peter Fouchard Grant and extending to:

  • Titusville, which is the Seat of Brevard County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Peter Fouchard Grant to Titusville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 233 miles [375 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,508 miles [10,473.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,176 miles [11,548.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,076 miles [8,169 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Peter Fouchard Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Peter Fouchard Grant 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 Peter Fouchard Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7889, Longitude: -80.8814       In this case, the coordinates for Peter Fouchard Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.056 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.449 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.208 degrees.