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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 Benson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Benson 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 Benson:
- 27.955600, -82.303200
- 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 Benson
- 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 Benson is near Pasco County and also Polk 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 Polk 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 Benson
Communities Also Named Benson ...
We found 28 communities that are also named Benson.
Within Florida, the name Benson is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of 28 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton 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 Alabama community of Benson [Chilton County].
- Etowah County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Benson [Etowah County].
- Tallapoosa County
- This community is historic and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Benson [Tallapoosa County].
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- This Benson is located in Cochise County and lies 1,692 miles [2,723 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cochise County community of Benson.
- Illinois
- Woodford County
- This Benson is located in Woodford County and lies 970 miles [1,561.1 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Woodford County community of Benson.
- Iowa
- Black Hawk County
- This Benson is located in Black Hawk County and lies 1,158 miles [1,863.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Black Hawk County community of Benson.
- Kansas
- Sherman County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Sherman County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sherman County community of Benson.
- Kentucky
- Franklin County
- This Benson is located in Franklin County and lies 724 miles [1,165.2 km]<3> to the north of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Benson.
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- This Benson is located in De Soto Parish and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the De Soto Parish community of Benson.
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- This Benson is located in Piscataquis County and lies 1,397 miles [2,248.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Piscataquis County community of Benson.
- Maryland
- Harford County
- This Benson is located in Harford County and lies 866 miles [1,393.7 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harford County community of Benson.
- Howard County
- This Benson is located in Howard County and lies 839 miles [1,350.2 km] to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Benson.
- Michigan
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Benson [Oakland County].
- Wexford County
- This Benson is located in Wexford County and lies 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km]<3> to the north of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wexford County community of Benson.
- Minnesota
- Swift County
- This Benson is located in Swift County and lies 1,402 miles [2,256.3 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Swift County community of Benson.
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- This Benson is located in Jones County and lies 482 miles [775.7 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jones County community of Benson.
- Missouri
- Linn County
- This Benson is located in Linn County and lies 1,020 miles [1,641.5 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Benson.
- Nebraska
- Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Benson [Douglas County].
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Benson [Roosevelt County].
- New York
- Hamilton County
- This Benson is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,146 miles [1,844.3 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Benson.
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- This Benson is located in Johnston County and lies 558 miles [898 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Benson.
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- This Benson is located in Somerset County and lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<3> to the north of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Benson.
- Saskatchewan
- This Benson lies 1,844 miles [2,967.6 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg 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 South Carolina community of Benson [Williamsburg County].
- Utah
- Cache County
- This Benson is located in Cache County and lies 1,916 miles [3,083.5 km]<3> to the northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Benson.
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- This Benson is located in Rutland County and lies 1,196 miles [1,924.8 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutland County community of Benson.
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- This Benson is located in Harrison County and lies 780 miles [1,255.3 km]<3> to the north of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Benson.
- Wisconsin
- Burnett County
- This Benson is located in Burnett County and lies 1,355 miles [2,180.7 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Benson that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burnett County community of Benson.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Benson ...
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.
- Big Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Breezy Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Breezy Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Meadows
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camelot is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Carriage Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Carriage Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Crossing
- Dixie View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Dixie View is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie View
- Eden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eden Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Eleven Mile Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eleven Mile Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile Hill
- Fishers Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fishers Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Farms
- Garden Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
- Greenewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenewood
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hickory Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Lakes
- Continue List (34 more) ...
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hollowtree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollowtree is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtree
- Hunters Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hunters Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
- Jacobs Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jacobs Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Place
- Keebler
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Keebler is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler
- Kingstowne Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kingstowne Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstowne Place
- Kingsway Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kingsway Downs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Downs
- Kingsway Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsway Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Gardens
- Kingsway Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsway Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Heights
- Kingsway Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Oaks
- Krebs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Krebs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lake View is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lakeview Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
- Lawndale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lawndale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Long Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Mango
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mango Groves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mango Groves is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Groves
- Mango Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mango Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Hills
- Mirror Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mirror Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Crest
- Mirror Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Orangewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orangewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangewood
- Parsons Reserve
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parsons Reserve is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Reserve
- Providence Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Providence Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Lakes
- Raven Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Oaks
- Ravenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Rolling Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Royal Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Royal Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Shadow Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shadow Bay is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Bay
- Shady Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Shady Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Tangelo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tangelo is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo
- Timber Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Timber Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Timber Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timber Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pond
- Williams Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Williams Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
How Far From Benson 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 Benson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Benson and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Benson to Tampa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
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 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 Benson 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Benson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Benson 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 Benson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9556, Longitude: -82.3032 In this case, the coordinates for Benson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.747 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.132 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.84 degrees. |
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