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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 Fawnwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fawnwood 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 Fawnwood:
- 30.773012, -81.706771
- 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 Fawnwood
- 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 Camden County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camden County
- Since Fawnwood is near Nassau County and also Duval County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nassau County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Duval 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 Fawnwood
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fawnwood ...
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.
- Catfish Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Catfish Acres is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catfish Acres
- Deer Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Deer Run is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Forest Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Forest Ridge is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Ridge
- Greentree
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greentree is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
- Gross Still ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Gross Still is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross Still
- Kingsland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Martin Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Martin Glen is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Glen
- May Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- May Creek is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Creek
- Wolfbay
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Wolfbay is located in Camden County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfbay
How Far From Fawnwood 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 Fawnwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fawnwood and extending to:
- Woodbine, which is the Seat of Camden County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Fawnwood to Woodbine, 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.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 258 miles [415.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 620 miles [997.8 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,457 miles [10,391.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,138 miles [11,487.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,028 miles [8,091.8 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fawnwood) 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 Fawnwood 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 Fawnwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7730, Longitude: -81.7068 In this case, the coordinates for Fawnwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.60 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.354 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.015 degrees. |
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