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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 Pocotalaco, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pocotalaco 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 Pocotalaco:
- 29.916911, -81.549806
- 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 Pocotalaco
- 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 Saint Johns County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns County
- Since Pocotalaco is near Clay County and also Putnam 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 Putnam 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 Pocotalaco
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pocotalaco ...
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.
- Bass Haven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bass Haven is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bass Haven
- Brewers Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Brewers Landing is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Landing
- Clay Landing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clay Landing is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Landing
- Florence
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Florence is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Green Cove Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- John Middleton Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- John Middleton Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Middleton Grant
- Lane Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lane Landing is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane Landing
- Leno
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Leno is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leno
- Magnolia Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Magnolia Springs is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Molasses Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Molasses Junction is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Molasses Junction
- Orangedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orangedale is located in Saint Johns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangedale
How Far From Pocotalaco 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 Pocotalaco 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 Pocotalaco once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Pocotalaco and extending to:
- Saint Augustine, which is the Seat of Saint Johns County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Pocotalaco to Saint Augustine, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 166 miles [267.2 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 671 miles [1,079.9 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 6,489 miles [10,443 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,164 miles [11,529.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,058 miles [8,140.1 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 Pocotalaco, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pocotalaco) 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 Pocotalaco 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 Pocotalaco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.9169, Longitude: -81.5498 In this case, the coordinates for Pocotalaco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.473 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.087 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.165 degrees. |
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