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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 William Hambley Grant, we use the following websites to find information relevant to William Hambley 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 William Hambley Grant:
- 30.369650, -83.864883
- 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 William Hambley 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 Jefferson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- Since William Hambley Grant is near Madison County and also Taylor County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Madison County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor 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 William Hambley Grant
Curious and Interesting Names Near William Hambley 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.
- Cabbage Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Cabbage Grove is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabbage Grove
- Cody
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cody is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
- Ebb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ebb is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Greenville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Limestone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Lloyd
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Peck
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Peck is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Reams
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Reams is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reams
- Rose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rose is located in Leon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Shady Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Spray
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Spray is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spray
How Far From William Hambley Grant 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 William Hambley 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 William Hambley Grant and extending to:
- Monticello, which is the Seat of Jefferson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from William Hambley Grant to Monticello, 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 25 miles [40.2 km] to the west (W). The buggy would take most of a day and walking would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 704 miles [1,133 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 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,572 miles [10,576.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,258 miles [11,680.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,145 miles [8,280.1 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- William Hambley 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 William Hambley 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 William Hambley Grant. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.3697, Longitude: -83.8649 In this case, the coordinates for William Hambley Grant have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.768 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.646 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.859 degrees. |
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