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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 Shady Rest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shady Rest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Shady Rest:
    • 30.500516, -81.539259
    • 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 Shady Rest
  • 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

Communities Also Named Shady Rest ...

We found seven communities that share the name Shady Rest.

There are two communities within Florida that are also named Shady Rest.

Beyond Florida, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Gadsden County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Gadsden County and lies 175 miles [281.6 km]<1> to the west of the Shady Rest that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gadsden County community of Shady Rest.
    • Hillsborough County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Hillsborough County and lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Shady Rest.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kern County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Shady Rest [Kern County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Fairfield County and lies 884 miles [1,422.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Shady Rest that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fairfield County community of Shady Rest.
    • South Carolina
      • Marlboro County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Shady Rest [Marlboro County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hamilton County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Hamilton County and lies 374 miles [601.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Shady Rest.
      • Warren County
      • This Shady Rest is located in Warren County and lies 433 miles [696.8 km] to the north northwest of the Shady Rest that is located in Duval County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warren County community of Shady Rest.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Shady Rest ...

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.

  • Cedar Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
    • Cedar Point is located in Duval County
  • John Broward Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Broward Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
    • John Broward Grant is located in Duval County
  • John Christopher Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Christopher Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Christopher Grant
    • John Christopher Grant is located in Duval County
  • John F Brown Grant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John F Brown Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John F Brown Grant
    • John F Brown Grant is located in Duval County
  • John G Rushing Grant
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John G Rushing Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John G Rushing Grant
    • John G Rushing Grant is located in Duval County
  • John Houston Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Houston Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Houston Grant
    • John Houston Grant is located in Duval County
  • Mary Smith Grant
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mary Smith Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mary Smith Grant
    • Mary Smith Grant is located in Duval County
  • Pecan Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecan Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
    • Pecan Park is located in Duval County
  • Polly Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Polly Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly Town
    • Polly Town is located in Duval County

How Far From Shady Rest 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 Shady Rest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Shady Rest and extending to:

  • Jacksonville, which is the Seat of Duval County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shady Rest to Jacksonville, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 163 miles [262.3 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 633 miles [1,018.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,462 miles [10,399.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,141 miles [11,492.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,032 miles [8,098.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shady Rest. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Shady Rest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shady Rest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5005, Longitude: -81.5393       In this case, the coordinates for Shady Rest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Shady Rest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Shady Rest 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.
<4>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.
<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 Shady Rest 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 310.496 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.195 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.023 degrees.




 

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