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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 Skipper, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Skipper 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 Skipper:
- 30.048260, -84.360176
- 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 Skipper
- 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 Wakulla County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wakulla County
- Since Skipper is near Franklin County and also Leon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Leon 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 Skipper
Curious and Interesting Names Near Skipper ...
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.
- Live Oak Island
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Live Oak Island is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Island
- Mount Pleasant
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Panacea
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Panacea Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Panacea Park is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panacea Park
- Shadeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Shadeville is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadeville
- Shell Island
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shell Island is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Island
- Sopchoppy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Spring Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spring Creek is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Surf
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Surf is located in Wakulla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf
How Far From Skipper 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 Skipper to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Skipper and extending to:
- Crawfordville, which is the Seat of Wakulla County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Skipper to Crawfordville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 27 miles [43.5 km] to the north (N). The buggy would take just over a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 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 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,295 miles [11,740.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 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' (or 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- Skipper) 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 Skipper 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 Skipper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.0483, Longitude: -84.3602 In this case, the coordinates for Skipper have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.022 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.895 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.10 degrees. |
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