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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 S Petty Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to S Petty Grant 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 S Petty Grant:
- 29.483582, -81.671469
- 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 Petty 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 Putnam County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Putnam County
- Since S Petty Grant is near Marion County and also Flagler 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 Flagler 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 Petty Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near S Petty 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.
- Buffalo Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Buffalo Bluff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Bluff
- Crescent City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Crescent City Station
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Francis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Francis is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Fruitland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fruitland is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Georgetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hunter is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter
- Job Wiggins Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Job Wiggins Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Job Wiggins Grant
- John Broward Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- John Broward Grant is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Johns Ferry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Johns Ferry is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Ferry
- Joseph M Hernandez Grant
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Possum Bluff
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Possum Bluff is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Bluff
- Rodman
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rodman is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Salt Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Shell Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Shell Bluff is located in Flagler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Bluff
How Far From S Petty Grant 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 S Petty Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in S Petty Grant and extending to:
- Palatka, which is the Seat of Putnam County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from S Petty Grant to Palatka, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 169 miles [272 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 701 miles [1,128.2 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 6,514 miles [10,483.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,188 miles [11,568 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,083 miles [8,180.3 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' (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- S Petty Grant) 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 S Petty Grant 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 S Petty Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.4836, Longitude: -81.6715 In this case, the coordinates for S Petty Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.514 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.074 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.305 degrees. |
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