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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 Secotan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Secotan 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 Secotan:
- 30.176323, -83.634317
- 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 Secotan
- 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 Taylor County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Since Secotan is near Madison County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Secotan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Secotan ...
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.
- Buckville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Buckville is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckville
- Cabbage Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Cabbage Grove is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Grove
- Day
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ebb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Ebb is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Greenville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Hopewell
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Hopewell is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Pinland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pinland is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinland
- Reams
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Reams is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reams
- Roach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Roach is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
How Far From Secotan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Secotan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Secotan and extending to:
- Perry, which is the Seat of Taylor County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 42 miles [67.6 km]<2> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could walk a straight line from Secotan to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take about three full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 709 miles [1,141 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,571 miles [10,575 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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- Secotan) 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 Secotan 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 Secotan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1763, Longitude: -83.6343 In this case, the coordinates for Secotan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.627 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.456 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.819 degrees. |
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