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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 V Ordosgoity Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to V Ordosgoity Grant 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 V Ordosgoity Grant:
- 30.855742, -87.319698
- 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 V Ordosgoity 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 Escambia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia County
- Since V Ordosgoity Grant is near Santa Rosa County and also Escambia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Santa Rosa County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Escambia 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 V Ordosgoity Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near V Ordosgoity 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.
- Canoe
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Canoe is located in Escambia County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe
- Century
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Happy Valley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Happy Valley is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Jay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jay is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
- Population from the 2020 Census: 653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jay <1>
- John Gayler Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- John Gayler Grant is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Gayler Grant
- Mineral Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mineral Springs is located in Santa Rosa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Oak Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Grove is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oyster Lodge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Oyster Lodge is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Lodge
- Pine Barren
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pine Barren is located in Escambia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Barren
- Walnut Hill
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
How Far From V Ordosgoity Grant 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 V Ordosgoity 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 V Ordosgoity Grant and extending to:
- Pensacola, which is the Seat of Escambia County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from V Ordosgoity Grant to Pensacola, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 182 miles [292.9 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,400 miles [11,909.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,279 miles [8,495.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- V Ordosgoity 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 V Ordosgoity 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 V Ordosgoity Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.8557, Longitude: -87.3197 In this case, the coordinates for V Ordosgoity Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.783 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.045 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.023 degrees. |
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