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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 Pouchers Corner, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Pouchers Corner 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 Pouchers Corner:
- 30.314392, -82.821240
- 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 Pouchers Corner
- 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 Suwannee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Suwannee County
- Since Pouchers Corner is near Hamilton County and also Columbia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia 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 Pouchers Corner
Curious and Interesting Names Near Pouchers Corner ...
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.
- Camps Still
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Camps Still is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camps Still
- Deep Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Deep Creek is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Five Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Five Points is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Hillcoat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hillcoat is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcoat
- Lacymark
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lacymark is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacymark
- Lake City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Live Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Long Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Long Branch is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Branch
- Marion
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Marion is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Padlock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Padlock is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padlock
- Purvis Still
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Purvis Still is located in Hamilton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purvis Still
- Slade
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Slade is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slade
How Far From Pouchers Corner 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 Pouchers Corner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Pouchers Corner and extending to:
- Live Oak, which is the Seat of Suwannee County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Pouchers Corner to Live Oak, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 87 miles [140 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 677 miles [1,089.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,528 miles [10,505.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,210 miles [11,603.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,099 miles [8,206 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pouchers Corner) 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 Pouchers Corner 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 Pouchers Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3144, Longitude: -82.8212 In this case, the coordinates for Pouchers Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.187 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.966 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.506 degrees. |
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