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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 Sand Cut, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sand Cut 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 Sand Cut:
- 30.421383, -87.328695
- 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 Sand Cut
- 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Since Sand Cut is near Baldwin County and also Santa Rosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Baldwin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa 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 Sand Cut
Communities Also Named Sand Cut ...
We found four communities that are also named Sand Cut.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Sand Cut.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Palm Beach County
- This Sand Cut is located in Palm Beach County and lies 473 miles [761.2 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Sand Cut that is located in Escambia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Palm Beach County community of Sand Cut.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- This Sand Cut is located in Butler County and lies 99 miles [159.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sand Cut that is located in Escambia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Sand Cut.
- Conecuh County
- This Sand Cut is located in Conecuh County and lies 63 miles [101.4 km] to the north of the Sand Cut that is located in Escambia County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Conecuh County community of Sand Cut.
- Illinois
- Madison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sand Cut [Madison County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sand Cut ...
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.
- Fort Redoubt
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Redoubt is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Redoubt
- Haven Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Haven Park is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haven Park
- John B Cazenave Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Joseph Cruzat and Francisco De Viller Grant
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Josepha Pol Grant
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Josepha Pol Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Josepha Pol Grant
- Navy Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Navy Point is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navy Point
- Paradise Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Paradise Beach is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Beach
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Sanders Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Sand Cut 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 Sand Cut 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 Sand Cut once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Sand Cut and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 181 miles [291.3 km]<1> to the east (E). If you could drive a straight line from Sand Cut to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,419 miles [11,939.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,299 miles [8,527.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Sand Cut) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Sand Cut could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <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 Sand Cut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Sand Cut 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 Sand Cut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4214, Longitude: -87.3287 In this case, the coordinates for Sand Cut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.748 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.946 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.105 degrees. |
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