Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in S N Smith Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to S N Smith Grant and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for S N Smith Grant

• 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 S N Smith Grant:
  • 30.494641, -87.241083
  • 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 S N Smith 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
  • Since S N Smith Grant is near Santa Rosa County and also Baldwin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin 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 S N Smith Grant

Curious and Interesting Names Near S N Smith 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.

• Ferry Pass
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferry Pass is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Pass
• Floridatown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Floridatown is located in Santa Rosa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floridatown
• John B Cazenave Grant
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • John B Cazenave Grant is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John B Cazenave Grant
• Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
• Josepha Pol Grant
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Josepha Pol Grant is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josepha Pol Grant
• Manuel Bonafay Grant
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Manuel Bonafay Grant is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Bonafay Grant
• Manuel Gonzales Grant
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Manuel Gonzales Grant is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuel Gonzales Grant
• Navy Point
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Navy Point is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Point
• Olive
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Olive is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
• Riverview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Riverview is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Sand Cut ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Sand Cut is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Cut
• Sanders Beach
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sanders Beach is located in Escambia County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanders Beach

How Far From S N Smith Grant 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 S N Smith 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 S N Smith Grant and extending to:

• Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 176 miles [283.2 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from S N Smith Grant to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 818 miles [1,316.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,714 miles [10,805.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,412 miles [11,928.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,292 miles [8,516.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'