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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 Ruthland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ruthland 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 Ruthland:
- 29.650802, -82.267880
- 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 Ruthland
- 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 Alachua County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since Ruthland is near Marion County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Ruthland
Communities Also Named Ruthland ...
We found one communities that are also named Ruthland.
Within Florida, the name Ruthland is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Ruthland in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ruthland [Henrico County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ruthland ...
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.
- Green Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Green Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Grove
- Grove Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Grove Park is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- John H McIntosh Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paradise
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Riceland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Riceland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riceland
- Robinson Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robinson Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Robinswood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Robinswood is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinswood
- Rocky Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Rocky Point is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Point
- Suburban Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Suburban Heights is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Heights
How Far From Ruthland 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 Ruthland to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ruthland and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 132 miles [212.4 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Ruthland to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 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 5,103 miles [8,212.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ruthland could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ruthland) 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 Ruthland 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 Ruthland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6508, Longitude: -82.2679 In this case, the coordinates for Ruthland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.845 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.479 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.466 degrees. |
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