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

  • Weather ...
  • 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:
    • 27.595783, -81.506229
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Avon Park
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Avon Park ...

We found six communities that share the name Avon Park.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Avon Park.

Beyond Florida, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Broward County
      • This Avon Park is located in Broward County and lies 133 miles [214 km]<1> to the southeast of the Avon Park that is located in Highlands County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Broward County community of Avon Park.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Avon Park is located in Jefferson County and lies 516 miles [830.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Avon Park that is located in Highlands County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Avon Park.
    • Georgia
      • Chatham County
      • This Avon Park is located in Chatham County and lies 309 miles [497.3 km]<1> to the north of the Avon Park that is located in Highlands County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chatham County community of Avon Park.
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • This Avon Park is located in Middlesex County and lies 984 miles [1,583.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Avon Park that is located in Highlands County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Avon Park.
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Avon Park [Trumbull County].
    • Texas
      • McLennan 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 Texas community of Avon Park [McLennan County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Avon 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.

  • Alpine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowling Green
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Coker
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
    • Coker is located in Hardee County
  • Crewsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crewsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
    • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Crewsville
    • From Avon Park to Crewsville
  • De Soto City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Soto City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
    • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
  • Frostproof
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Griffins Corner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Griffins Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
    • Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
  • Lakeshore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lemon Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lemon Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
    • Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
  • Sweetwater
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweetwater have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Sweetwater is located in Hardee County

How Far From Avon 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 city such as Avon Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Sebring, which is the Seat of Highlands County, lies just to the South Southeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 258 miles [415.2 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Avon Park to Tallahassee, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 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<7> 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).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,254 miles [11,674.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,158 miles [8,301 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

The official website for Avon Park: www.avonpark.cc/

The official website for Highlands County: www.hcbcc.net/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Avon Park) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Avon Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.5958, Longitude: -81.5062    
<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 Avon Park 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>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.
<7>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 Avon Park to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.304 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.57 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.666 degrees.




 

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