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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 Point Baker, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Point Baker 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 Point Baker:
- 30.690191, -87.053578
- 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 Point Baker
- 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 Santa Rosa County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
- Since Point Baker is near Escambia County and also Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa 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 Point Baker
Communities Also Named Point Baker ...
We found one communities that are also named Point Baker.
Within Florida, the name Point Baker is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Point Baker in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- This Point Baker lies 2,844 miles [4,577 km]<1> to the northwest of the Point Baker that is located in Santa Rosa County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Point Baker ...
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.
- Bagdad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Cottage Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cottage Hill is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Hill
- Ferry Pass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
- Floridatown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Floridatown is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridatown
- Harold
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harp
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Harp is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harp
- Indian Ford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Indian Ford is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ford
- Kellys Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Kellys Mill is located in Okaloosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellys Mill
- Manuel Bonafay Grant
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manuel Bonafay Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Bonafay Grant
- Manuel Gonzales Grant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
- Roeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Roeville is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roeville
How Far From Point Baker 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 Point Baker to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Point Baker and extending to:
- Milton, which is the Seat of Santa Rosa County, lies just to the South.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 165 miles [265.5 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Point Baker to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 801 miles [1,289.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,697 miles [10,777.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,395 miles [11,901.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,275 miles [8,489.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Point Baker) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Point Baker 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 Point Baker. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.6902, Longitude: -87.0536 In this case, the coordinates for Point Baker have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.612 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.825 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.953 degrees. |
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