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Baker County, Florida

Cedar Creek Cemetery, 4 km (3 miles)
Cobb Hunt Camp, 10 km (6 miles)
Macclenny, population 6,374, 19 km (12 miles)
LaBuena, 22 km (14 miles)

Schools in Baker County, Florida

Central School, 5 km (3 miles)
Macclenny Elementary School, 19 km (12 miles)

Swamps in Baker County, Florida

Little Bear Bay, 14 km (9 miles)
Cattail Bay, 14 km (9 miles)
Surveyors Bay, 17 km (11 miles)
Pinhook Swamp, 27 km (17 miles)

Swamps in Columbia County, Florida

Little Gum Swamp, 15 km (9 miles)
Oak Head, 19 km (12 miles)
Church Pond, 25 km (16 miles)
Logging Bay, 27 km (17 miles)
Little Camp Pond, 32 km (20 miles)

Streams in Baker County, Florida

Cedar Creek, 16 km (10 miles)
Little River, 18 km (11 miles)
Lake Holes Branch, 29 km (18 miles)

Lakes in Union County, Florida

Swifts Creek Pond, 19 km (12 miles)
Swift Creek Pond, 19 km (12 miles)
Palestine Lake, 21 km (13 miles)

Swamps in Union County, Florida

Granny Bay, 20 km (12 miles)
Center Bay, 23 km (14 miles)
Swift Creek Swamp, 25 km (16 miles)
Piney Bay, 26 km (16 miles)

Bays in Baker County, Florida

Little River Bay, 21 km (13 miles)

Streams in Columbia County, Florida

Little Branch, 25 km (16 miles)
Little Creek, 34 km (21 miles)
Clay Hole Creek, 39 km (24 miles)

Stream Bends in Baker County, Florida

Little Bend, 26 km (16 miles)

Columbia County, Florida

Naval Air Station Lake City (historical), 27 km (17 miles)

Union County, Florida

Lakeside Park, 29 km (18 miles)
Little Rock Cemetery, 31 km (19 miles)

Lakes in Baker County, Florida

Lake Holes, 30 km (18 miles)

Schools in Union County, Florida

Lake Butler Middle School, 31 km (19 miles)
Lake Butler Elementary School, 31 km (19 miles)

Swamps in Bradford County, Florida

Cattail Swamp, 31 km (19 miles)

Clay County, Florida

Hugh, 31 km (19 miles)
Lee Cemetery, 56 km (35 miles)
Loch Lommond, 62 km (39 miles)
Lake Geneva, 65 km (40 miles)

Schools in Columbia County, Florida

Kindergarden Center School, 32 km (20 miles)
Lake City Junior High School, 32 km (20 miles)
Central School, 33 km (20 miles)
Children School, 34 km (21 miles)
Summers Elementary School, 34 km (21 miles)
Lake Lona School (historical), 42 km (26 miles)

Reservoirs in Columbia County, Florida

Lake De Soto, 32 km (20 miles)
Lake Isabella, 32 km (20 miles)
Long Pond, 45 km (28 miles)

Libraries in Columbia County, Florida

Lake City Public Library, 32 km (20 miles)

Hospitals in Columbia County, Florida

Lake Shore Hospital, 33 km (20 miles)
Lake City Medical Center, 37 km (23 miles)

Bradford County, Florida

Lawtey Cemetery, 35 km (21 miles)
Lawtey, population 730, 36 km (23 miles)
Pleasant Grove, 39 km (24 miles)
Keystone Army Air Field (historical), 56 km (35 miles)

Streams in Hamilton County, Florida

Long Branch, 35 km (22 miles)
Swift Creek, 49 km (30 miles)
Sugar Creek, 60 km (37 miles)
Cat Creek, 64 km (40 miles)
Little Alapaha River, 72 km (45 miles)
Alapaha River, 76 km (47 miles)

Streams in Union County, Florida

Swift Creek, 35 km (22 miles)
Swift Creek, 35 km (22 miles)

Schools in Bradford County, Florida

Lawtey Elementary School, 36 km (23 miles)

Bars in Hamilton County, Florida

Little Shoals, 39 km (24 miles)

Lakes in Columbia County, Florida

Casterline Lake, 39 km (25 miles)
Lake Lona, 41 km (26 miles)

Schools in Hamilton County, Florida

Carver High School, 41 km (25 miles)
Central Hamilton Elementary School, 65 km (40 miles)
Lee High School, 66 km (41 miles)
Lee School, 66 km (41 miles)

Swamps in Hamilton County, Florida

Hooker Bay, 42 km (26 miles)
Cheshire Bay, 46 km (29 miles)
Long Pond, 48 km (30 miles)
Swift Creek, 52 km (32 miles)
Swift Creek Swamp, 52 km (33 miles)
Christmas Bay, 61 km (38 miles)
Hires Bay, 65 km (40 miles)

Lakes in Suwannee County, Florida

Pasture Pond (historical), 46 km (29 miles)
Lane Pond, 50 km (31 miles)
Lake Louise, 54 km (33 miles)
Peacock Lake, 56 km (35 miles)
Little Hell Lake, 56 km (35 miles)

Hamilton County, Florida

Swift Creek Cemetery, 47 km (29 miles)
Peterson Cemetery, 57 km (35 miles)

Streams in Alachua County, Florida

Pareners Branch, 48 km (30 miles)

Reservoirs in Suwannee County, Florida

Classy Pond, 49 km (30 miles)
Low Lake, 50 km (31 miles)

Lakes in Alachua County, Florida

Hogpen Pond, 49 km (30 miles)
Sweet Water Lake, 51 km (32 miles)

Lakes in Hamilton County, Florida

Louisa Pond, 49 km (30 miles)
Clardy Lakes, 69 km (43 miles)

Springs in Hamilton County, Florida

Louisa Spring, 49 km (31 miles)

Lakes in Clay County, Florida

Perch Pond, 55 km (34 miles)
Lowry Lake, 58 km (36 miles)
Lost Pond, 60 km (37 miles)
Persimmon Pond, 62 km (39 miles)
Little Lake Geneva, 64 km (39 miles)

Suwannee County, Florida

Little River Cemetery, 56 km (35 miles)
Suwannee Mine, 63 km (39 miles)
Live Oak Plaza, 65 km (40 miles)
Cedar Grove Cemetery, 69 km (43 miles)
Claywood Cemetery, 73 km (45 miles)

Bays in Columbia County, Florida

Suck Hole, 57 km (35 miles)

Streams in Nassau County, Florida

Little Dunn Creek, 58 km (36 miles)

Springs in Alachua County, Florida

Poe Spring, 61 km (38 miles)

Springs in Gilchrist County, Florida

Lilly Spring, 61 km (38 miles)

Streams in Suwannee County, Florida

Little River, 61 km (38 miles)

Lakes in Gilchrist County, Florida

Grass Pond, 63 km (39 miles)
Casson Pond, 64 km (40 miles)
Clear Pond, 65 km (40 miles)
Hay Pond, 69 km (43 miles)
Grass Pond, 74 km (46 miles)

Schools in Suwannee County, Florida

Suwannee-Hamilton Area Vocational Technical School, 64 km (40 miles)
Pineview School, 64 km (40 miles)
Suwannee High School, 64 km (40 miles)
East Suwannee Elementary School, 65 km (40 miles)
West Suwannee Elementary School, 65 km (40 miles)
Suwannee Middle School, 65 km (40 miles)

Hospitals in Suwannee County, Florida

Suwannee County Hospital, 64 km (40 miles)
Shands Hospital Live Oak, 65 km (41 miles)

Springs in Suwannee County, Florida

Little River Springs, 70 km (44 miles)

Schools in Lafayette County, Florida

Picket Lake School, 75 km (46 miles)

Schools in Gilchrist County, Florida

Suwannee River Research Educational Center, 76 km (47 miles)

Lakes in Lafayette County, Florida

Adams Lake, 77 km (48 miles)
Picket Lake, 77 km (48 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Alan' i Sandravololona, a forest in Madagascar
Arkansas City, population 366 in Desha County, Arkansas
Blasmuri in Provincia Mayabeque, Cuba
Cerros El Yauque, a mountain in Departamento de Arequipa, Peru
Chefe Chale in Provincia de Nampula, Mozambique
Echemendy Number Six, a spring in Eureka County, Nevada
Gora Tsoronskiy Utes, a mountain in Zabaykal'skiy Kray, Russia
Goth Chakar Khan Brahui in Sindh, Pakistan
Harlowton Public Library, a library in Wheatland County, Montana
Kibo in Region d' Obock, Djibouti
Kuh-e Yal Duman, a mountain in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran
La Florida in Departamento de Casanare, Colombia
Lac de la Blatte, a lake in Quebec
Mbango, a stream in Provincia do Bie, Angola
Myyëldino in Respublika Komi, Russia
Nanpo in Shaanxi Sheng, China
Newground Hollow, a valley in Stewart County, Tennessee

Nizhniye Dubki in Tul'skaya Oblast', Russia
Northwood Public Library, a library in Worth County, Iowa
Nyemnyemi in Far North Region, Cameroon
Propunta, a spring in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rattlesnake Coulee, a valley in Chouteau County, Montana
Rock Garden, an island in Cleburne County, Alabama
Sailung in Maling, Lamjung, Gandaki Zone, Western Region, Nepal
Sarippur in Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Sawoan in Central Java, Indonesia
Sidi Khalluf in Libya
Sydostklacken, a shoal in Gaevleborgs Laen, Sweden
Tail Left Distributary, an irrigation canal in Punjab, Pakistan
Takalibakourou in Prefecture de Mandiana, Guinea
Veinungga Creek, a stream in Central, Fiji
Wadi Nuna' in Muhafazat Ma'rib, Yemen

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