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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 Winona Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Winona Park 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 Winona Park:
- 31.228408, -82.386023
- 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 Winona Park
- 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 Ware County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ware County
- Since Winona Park is near Pierce County and also Brantley County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pierce County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brantley 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 Winona Park
Communities Also Named Winona Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Winona Park.
Within Georgia, the name Winona Park is unique.
Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Winona Park in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Winona Park lies 841 miles [1,353.5 km]<1> to the north of the Winona Park that is located in Ware County.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Winona Park ...
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.
- Crews Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Crews Crossing is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews Crossing
- Dixie Union
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie Union is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Union
- Hasty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hasty is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasty
- Homestead
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Jamestown
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sand Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Hill is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Skullhead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Skullhead is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skullhead
- Sunnyside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Sunnyside is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Three Points
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Three Points is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Points
- Walkersville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Walkersville is located in Pierce County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkersville
- Waltertown
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Waltertown is located in Ware County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waltertown
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,115 people
- Waltertown has also been known as:
- Watertown
How Far From Winona Park 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 Winona Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Winona Park and extending to:
- Waycross, which is the Seat of Ware County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Winona Park to Atlanta, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 609 miles [980.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 24 days and walking would take 35 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,152 miles [11,510 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,039 miles [8,109.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Winona Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Winona Park 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 Winona Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2284, Longitude: -82.3860 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.996 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.144 degrees. |
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