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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 Anita, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Anita 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 Anita:
- 27.903400, -82.523200
- 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 Anita
- 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since Anita is near Pinellas County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Anita
Communities Also Named Anita ...
We found nine communities that are also named Anita.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Anita.
Beyond Florida, we know of eight communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Citrus County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Anita [Citrus County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- This Anita is located in Shelby County and lies 450 miles [724.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Anita.
- California
- Butte County
- This Anita is located in Butte County and lies 2,384 miles [3,836.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butte County community of Anita.
- Georgia
- Bulloch County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Anita [Bulloch County].
- Indiana
- Johnson County
- This Anita is located in Johnson County and lies 822 miles [1,322.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnson County community of Anita.
- Iowa
- Cass County
- This Anita is located in Cass County and lies 1,162 miles [1,870.1 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cass County community of Anita.
- Montana
- Yellowstone County
- This Anita is located in Yellowstone County and lies 1,864 miles [2,999.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yellowstone County community of Anita.
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- This Anita is located in Jefferson County and lies 926 miles [1,490.3 km]<2> to the north of the Anita that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Anita.
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Anita [Marion County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Anita ...
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.
- Ball
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Ball is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Beans
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Beans is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Bonnie Brae
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Carol Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Carol Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Shores
- Caruthers
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Caruthers is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruthers
- Casey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casey is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
- Colony Key
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Colony Key is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Key
- Crescent Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Crescent Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent Park
- Elenor Place
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Elenor Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elenor Place
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Forest Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Fosterville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fosterville is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
- Friendship Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Heights
- Continue List (47 more) ...
- Golf View Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Golf View Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Park
- Golf View Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Golf View Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Place
- Gray Gables
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
- Half Way Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Half Way Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Way Place
- Harbor Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harbor Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Shores
- Ida Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ida Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Heights
- Jean Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jean Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Place
- Jenkins
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jenkins is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Kelloggs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kelloggs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs
- Knights Landing
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Knights Landing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing
- Live Oak Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Live Oak Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Place
- Louis Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Louis Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Place
- Madrid
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Madrid is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Minneola
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Minneola is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneola
- Near Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Near Bay is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Near Bay
- Nix
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nix is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix
- Oak Shadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Shadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Shadows
- Occident
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Occident is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occident
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Overlook is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Palm Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Palm Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Grove
- Palm Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palm Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Park
- Palm Way
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Palm Way is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Way
- Picadilly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Picadilly is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picadilly
- Rattlesnake
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Rattlesnake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake
- Regency Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Regency Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regency Cove
- Robinson Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Robinson Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Heights
- Rocky Shore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Shore is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Shore
- Ronnie Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ronnie Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronnie Place
- Rosedale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Seabreeze
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Seabreeze is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreeze
- Seldomridge
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Seldomridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seldomridge
- Shell Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shell Point is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Point
- Skinners
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Skinners is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinners
- Speedway Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Speedway Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speedway Place
- Stephanie Way
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stephanie Way is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephanie Way
- Stonehouse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Stonehouse is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehouse
- Stoney Point
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Stoney Point is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Sunset
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Sunset Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Sunset Beach is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Sunset Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunset Camp is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Camp
- Sunset Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sunset Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Temple Square
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Temple Square is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Square
- Treasure Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Treasure Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Park
- Tropical Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tropical Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Pines
- Tropical Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tropical Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Terrace
- Virginia Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Virginia Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park
- Wood Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Wood Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Grove
How Far From Anita 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 Anita to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Anita and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 204 miles [328.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Anita to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 821 miles [1,321.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,624 miles [10,660.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,293 miles [11,736.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,192 miles [8,355.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Anita 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. |
| <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- Anita) 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 Anita 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 Anita. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9034, Longitude: -82.5232 In this case, the coordinates for Anita have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.859 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.254 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.921 degrees. |
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