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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 Woftoka, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Woftoka 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 Woftoka:
- 29.883570, -82.699843
- 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 Woftoka
- 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 Columbia County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Columbia County
- Since Woftoka is near Gilchrist County and also Alachua County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Gilchrist County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alachua 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 Woftoka
Curious and Interesting Names Near Woftoka ...
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.
- Bell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Bland is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Cadillac
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cadillac is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadillac
- Clark
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clark is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Forest Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Grove is located in Alachua County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Grove
- Harvard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Harvard is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Hatchbend
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hatchbend is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatchbend
- High Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Little Lake City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Little Lake City is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Lake City
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Mason
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mason is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
- Mikesville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mikesville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mikesville
- Mutual
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mutual is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mutual
- Providence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Providence is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Sandy Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Sandy Point is located in Suwannee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Point
- Waters Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Waters Lake is located in Gilchrist County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waters Lake
How Far From Woftoka 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 Woftoka to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Woftoka once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Woftoka and extending to:
- Lake City, which is the Seat of Columbia County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Woftoka to Lake City, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 101 miles [162.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 700 miles [1,126.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 28 days and walking would take 40 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,542 miles [10,528.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,113 miles [8,228.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woftoka, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Woftoka) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Woftoka 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 Woftoka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8836, Longitude: -82.6998 In this case, the coordinates for Woftoka have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 311.094 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.799 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.56 degrees. |
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