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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 Santa Fe, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe:
- 29.883575, -82.430391
- 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 Santa Fe
- 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:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Since Santa Fe is near Union County and also Bradford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Union County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bradford 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 Santa Fe
Communities Also Named Santa Fe ...
We found thirteen communities that are also named Santa Fe.
Within Florida, the name Santa Fe is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Denver County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Santa Fe [Denver County].
- Pueblo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Santa Fe [Pueblo County].
- Illinois
- Alexander County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Santa Fe [Alexander County].
- Indiana
- Miami County
- This Santa Fe is located in Miami County and lies 769 miles [1,237.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miami County community of Santa Fe.
- Kansas
- Finney County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Santa Fe [Finney County].
- Haskell County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Haskell County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haskell County community of Santa Fe.
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- This Santa Fe is located in Bracken County and lies 607 miles [976.9 km]<2> to the north of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bracken County community of Santa Fe.
- Missouri
- Monroe County
- This Santa Fe is located in Monroe County and lies 843 miles [1,356.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Santa Fe.
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe County
- This Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Santa Fe County community of Santa Fe.
- Ohio
- Auglaize County
- This Santa Fe is located in Auglaize County and lies 737 miles [1,186.1 km]<2> to the north of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Auglaize County community of Santa Fe.
- Oklahoma
- Stephens County
- This Santa Fe is located in Stephens County and lies 944 miles [1,519.2 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stephens County community of Santa Fe.
- Tennessee
- Maury County
- This Santa Fe is located in Maury County and lies 487 miles [783.8 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Maury County community of Santa Fe.
- Texas
- Galveston County
- This Santa Fe is located in Galveston County and lies 760 miles [1,223.1 km]<2> to the west of the Santa Fe that is located in Alachua County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Santa Fe.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Santa Fe ...
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 west)
- Bland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Brown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Brown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
- Browns Still
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Browns Still is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Still
- Dana
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Dana is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Danville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Danville is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
- Dukes
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Dukes is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dukes
- Hasan
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hasan is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasan
- J S Sanchez and Others Grant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- La Crosse
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Santa Fe and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Alachua County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Santa Fe to Gainesville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 116 miles [186.7 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 693 miles [1,115.3 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 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,100 miles [8,207.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Santa Fe 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Santa Fe) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Santa Fe, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8836, Longitude: -82.4304 In this case, the coordinates for Santa Fe have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.947 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.63 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.469 degrees. |
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