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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 Ocala, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ocala 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 Ocala:
- 39.910189, -118.735431
- 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 Ocala
- 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 Churchill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Churchill County
- Since Ocala is near Pershing County and also Lyon County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pershing County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lyon 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 Ocala
Communities Also Named Ocala ...
We found three communities that are also named Ocala.
Within Nevada, the name Ocala is unique.
Beyond Nevada, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Marion County
- This Ocala is located in Marion County and lies 2,191 miles [3,526.1 km]<1> to the east of the Ocala that is located in Churchill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Ocala.
- Georgia
- Irwin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ocala [Irwin County].
- Virginia
- Carroll County
- This Ocala is located in Carroll County and lies 2,057 miles [3,310.4 km]<1> to the east of the Ocala that is located in Churchill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Ocala.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ocala ...
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.
- Darwin ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Darwin is located in Lyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darwin
- Granite Point ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Granite Point is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
- Jessup ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jessup is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessup
- Kodak
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kodak is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
- Lovelock
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Nightingale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Nightingale is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nightingale
- Ragtown ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ragtown is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragtown
- Stillwater
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Stillwater is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Toy ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Toy is located in Pershing County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toy
- Trinity
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Trinity is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
How Far From Ocala 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 Ocala to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ocala and extending to:
- Fallon, which is the Seat of Churchill County, lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Ocala to Fallon, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Carson City, which is the State Capital of Nevada, lies 74 miles [119.1 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,205 miles [3,548.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 5 days, a buggy would take 87 days and walking would take 126 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,206 miles [11,596.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,974 miles [12,832.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,006 miles [9,665.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Ocala) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Ocala could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Ocala 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 Ocala. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.9102, Longitude: -118.7354 In this case, the coordinates for Ocala have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 337.351 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 337.856 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 325.883 degrees. |
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