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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 Azure Estates, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Azure Estates 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 Azure Estates:
- 28.062400, -82.437200
- 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 Azure Estates
- 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 Azure Estates is near Pasco County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas 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 Azure Estates
Curious and Interesting Names Near Azure Estates ...
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.
- Calm Harbour
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Calm Harbour is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm Harbour
- Castle Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Castle Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
- College Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- College Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
- Curry Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Curry Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cove
- Dill
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Dill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill
- Elizabeth Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Elizabeth Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Court
- Flora Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Flora Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Park
- Floral Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Floral Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Gardens
- Forest Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Forest Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Golf View Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Golf View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Heights
- Golfland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Golfland Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfland Park
- Harvey Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Harvey Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Heights
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- High Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
- Indian Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- John Knox Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- John Knox Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Knox Village
- Joshuas Bend
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Joshuas Bend is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshuas Bend
- Kathryn Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kathryn Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathryn Park
- Kelly Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Kelly Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Ridge
- Linda Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Linda Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Court
- Linda Diane
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Linda Diane is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Diane
- Log Cabin Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Log Cabin Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Hills
- Manor Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Manor Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hills
- Marigold Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Marigold Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold Gardens
- Mendoza
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mendoza is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
- Otterman
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Otterman is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterman
- Settlers Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Settlers Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Pointe
- Silver Forrest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Silver Forrest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Forrest
- Sulphur Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Hill
- Sulphur Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sulphur Springs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
- Tall Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tall Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
- Temple Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Temple Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Highlands
- Temple Knoll
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Temple Knoll is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Knoll
- Terrace Gables
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Terrace Gables is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Gables
- Terrace Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
- Terrace Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Terrace Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Village
- Terrace Walk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Terrace Walk is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Walk
- Tuxedo Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tuxedo Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
- Tuxedo Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tuxedo Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Terrace
- University
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- University is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- University Square is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Square
- University Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- University Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- University Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- University Woods is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Woods
How Far From Azure Estates 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 Azure Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Azure Estates and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the South.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Azure Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 809 miles [1,302 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,282 miles [11,719.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,181 miles [8,338 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Azure Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Azure Estates 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 Azure Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0624, Longitude: -82.4372 In this case, the coordinates for Azure Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.826 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.238 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.861 degrees. |
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