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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 San Blas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Blas 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 San Blas:
- 30.089370, -85.609926
- 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 San Blas
- 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 Bay County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bay County
- Since San Blas is near Gulf County and also Calhoun County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gulf County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calhoun 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 San Blas
Communities Also Named San Blas ...
We found one communities that are also named San Blas.
Within Florida, the name San Blas is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named San Blas in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New Mexico
- Valencia County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Valencia County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Valencia County community of San Blas.
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Blas ...
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.
- Cedar Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cedar Grove is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cook is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cove is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
- Farmdale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Farmdale is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
- Long Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Long Point is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Point
- Lower Grand Lagoon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lower Grand Lagoon is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Grand Lagoon
- Panama City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pretty Bayou
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pretty Bayou is located in Bay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pretty Bayou
How Far From San Blas 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 San Blas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in San Blas and extending to:
- Panama City, which is the Seat of Bay County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 82 miles [132 km]<3> to the east northeast (ENE). If you could drive a straight line from San Blas to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,662 miles [10,721.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,353 miles [11,833.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,237 miles [8,428.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about San Blas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- San Blas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 San Blas 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 San Blas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0894, Longitude: -85.6099 In this case, the coordinates for San Blas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.729 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.719 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.536 degrees. |
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