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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 Nicolas Palica, we use the following websites to find information relevant to San Nicolas Palica 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 Nicolas Palica:
- 30.266907, -81.616482
- 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 Nicolas Palica
- 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 Duval County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
- Since San Nicolas Palica is near Clay County and also Saint Johns County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clay County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saint Johns 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 Nicolas Palica
Curious and Interesting Names Near San Nicolas Palica ...
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.
- College Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- College Park is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Park
- David Scurry Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- David Scurry Grant is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for David Scurry Grant
- Floral Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Floral Bluff is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Bluff
- Goodbys
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goodbys is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodbys
- Hogan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hogan is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogan
- Holiday Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holiday Hill is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hill
- John H McIntosh Grant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Joseph Summeral Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lake Shore is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Sandalwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sandalwood is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandalwood
- Spring Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Spring Glen is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
- Sunbeam
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunbeam is located in Duval County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam
How Far From San Nicolas Palica 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 Nicolas Palica 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<1> community of San Nicolas Palica once stood, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in San Nicolas Palica and extending to:
- Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 159 miles [255.9 km]<2> to the west (W). If you could drive a straight line from San Nicolas Palica to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 650 miles [1,046.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 26 days and walking would take 37 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,476 miles [10,422.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,154 miles [11,513.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,046 miles [8,120.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 Nicolas Palica, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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 Nicolas Palica) 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 San Nicolas Palica 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 Nicolas Palica. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2669, Longitude: -81.6165 In this case, the coordinates for San Nicolas Palica have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.527 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.198 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.105 degrees. |
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