Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Avon Park Lakes, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avon Park Lakes and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Avon Park Lakes

• 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 Avon Park Lakes:
  • 27.628366, -81.548410
  • 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 Avon Park Lakes

• 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 Highlands County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Highlands County
  • Since Avon Park Lakes is near Polk County and also Hardee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardee 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 Avon Park Lakes

Curious and Interesting Names Near Avon Park Lakes ...

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.

• Alpine
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Alpine is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Bowling Green
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Bowling Green is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
• Coker
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coker is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
• Crewsville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
• De Soto City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
• Frostproof
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Frostproof is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostproof
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frostproof <1>
• Griffins Corner
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
• Lemon Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
• Sweetwater
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweetwater is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

How Far From Avon Park Lakes to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Avon Park Lakes to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Avon Park Lakes and extending to:

• Sebring, which is the Seat of Highlands County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Avon Park Lakes to Sebring, 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.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 254 miles [408.8 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 820 miles [1,319.7 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 6,591 miles [10,607.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'