Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Yulee, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yulee and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Yulee

• 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 Yulee:
  • 30.632055, -81.601246
  • 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 Yulee

• 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 Nassau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
  • Since Yulee is near Duval County and also Camden County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Duval County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Camden 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 Yulee

Curious and Interesting Names Near Yulee ...

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.

• Chester
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
• Gross
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Gross is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
• Hedges
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Hedges is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedges
• Hero
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hero is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hero
• Italia
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Italia is located in Nassau County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italia
• Joels Landing
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Joels Landing is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joels Landing
• John Houston Grant
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • John Houston Grant is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Houston Grant
• Lands End
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lands End is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lands End
• Pecan Park
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Pecan Park is located in Duval County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Park
• Quail Hollow
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Quail Hollow is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Hollow
• Riverview
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Riverview is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview
• Shadowland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Shadowland is located in Camden County (GA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowland

How Far From Yulee 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 Yulee to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Yulee and extending to:

• Fernandina Beach, which is the Seat of Nassau County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Yulee to Fernandina Beach, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 159 miles [255.9 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 626 miles [1,007.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,459 miles [10,394.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,139 miles [11,489.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,029 miles [8,093.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'