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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 Steward City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Steward City 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 Steward City:
- 29.668560, -83.388194
- 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 Steward City
- 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 Dixie County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dixie County
- Since Steward City is near Taylor County and also Lafayette County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lafayette 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 Steward City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Steward City ...
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.
- Clara
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Clara is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara
- Cooks Hammock
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cooks Hammock is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooks Hammock
- Cross City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Eugene
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Eugene is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eugene
- Fish Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fish Creek is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
- Horseshoe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Horseshoe is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
- Horseshoe Beach
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jena
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jena is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
- Shamrock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Shamrock is located in Dixie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock
How Far From Steward City 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 Steward City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Steward City and extending to:
- Cross City, which is the Seat of Dixie County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Steward City to Cross City, with an average speed<3> 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 four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 75 miles [120.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 732 miles [1,178 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving 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 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,264 miles [11,690.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,154 miles [8,294.6 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steward City) 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 Steward City 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 Steward City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.6686, Longitude: -83.3882 In this case, the coordinates for Steward City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.456 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.188 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.841 degrees. |
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