Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Francisco Potano, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Francisco Potano and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for San Francisco Potano
- 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 Francisco Potano:
- 29.883573, -82.566506
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on San Francisco Potano
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since San Francisco Potano is near Columbia County and also Union County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- eBird sighting report for Union 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:
- Waymark.com
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Francisco Potano ...
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.
- Bland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Browns Still
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Still have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Still
- Browns Still is located in Union County
- Cadillac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Forest Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Forest Grove is located in Alachua County
- Hasan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - High Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Springs
- High Springs is located in Alachua County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,280 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for High Springs <2>
- La Crosse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Crosse
- La Crosse is located in Alachua County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 401 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Crosse <2>
- Mason
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Mikesville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mikesville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
- Mikesville is located in Columbia County
- Providence
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Union County
How Far From San Francisco Potano to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 Francisco Potano to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of San Francisco Potano once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in San Francisco Potano and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<4> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from San Francisco Potano to Gainesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 109 miles [175.4 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 697 miles [1,121.7 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,536 miles [10,518.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,215 miles [11,611.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,107 miles [8,218.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Alachua County: www.alachua-county.org/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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 Francisco Potano, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- San Francisco Potano) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Francisco Potano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8836, Longitude: -82.5665 In this case, the coordinates for San Francisco Potano have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Francisco Potano to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.021 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.715 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.515 degrees. |