Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in San Juan Ospalaga, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Juan Ospalaga and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for San Juan Ospalaga
- 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 Juan Ospalaga:
- 30.508539, -83.733214
- 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 Juan Ospalaga
- 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 Madison County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Since San Juan Ospalaga is near Jefferson County and also Thomas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Thomas 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 Juan Ospalaga ...
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.
- Dills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Ebb
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Empress
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empress
- Empress is located in Brooks County (GA)
- Everett
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Greenville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Greenville is located in Madison County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 831 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <2>
- Grooverville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grooverville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grooverville
- Grooverville is located in Brooks County (GA)
- Maysland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast) - Reams
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Spray
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
How Far From San Juan Ospalaga 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 Juan Ospalaga 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 Juan Ospalaga once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in San Juan Ospalaga and extending to:
- Madison, which is the Seat of Madison County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<4> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from San Juan Ospalaga to Madison, 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 6 hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 32 miles [51.5 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take just over a day and walking would take most of two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 692 miles [1,113.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 27 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,560 miles [10,557.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,133 miles [8,260.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Juan Ospalaga, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- San Juan Ospalaga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in San Juan Ospalaga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5085, Longitude: -83.7332 In this case, the coordinates for San Juan Ospalaga 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 Juan Ospalaga 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 311.704 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.591 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.782 degrees. |