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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 Stephen Fernandez Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stephen Fernandez Grant and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Stephen Fernandez Grant
- 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant:
- 29.350806, -82.221764
- 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Stephen Fernandez Grant is near Alachua County and also Levy County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Levy 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stephen Fernandez Grant ...
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.
- Anthony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Boardman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Boardman is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
- Cross Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cross Creek is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
- Fellowship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fellowship is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
- Golden Hills
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Golden Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Hills
- Island Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- John Broward Grant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- John Broward Grant is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Broward Grant
- Martin
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Martin is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Orange Lake
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Regal Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Regal Park is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regal Park
How Far From Stephen Fernandez Grant 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stephen Fernandez Grant and extending to:
- Ocala, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Stephen Fernandez Grant to Ocala, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 144 miles [231.7 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 722 miles [1,161.9 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 41 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,545 miles [10,533.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,114 miles [8,230.2 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- Stephen Fernandez Grant) 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant 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 Stephen Fernandez Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.3508, Longitude: -82.2218 In this case, the coordinates for Stephen Fernandez Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.801 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.387 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.517 degrees. |
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