Bent Tree Place (Hillsborough County, FL)

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Bent Tree Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bent Tree Place and the surrounding area.

Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Bent Tree Place

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 Bent Tree Place:
- 28.048100, -82.503200
- 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 Bent Tree Place

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 Bent Tree Place 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 Bent Tree Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bent Tree Place ...

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.

Cedarwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedarwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Village
Cherry Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cherry Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
Country Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Country Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Run
Cypress Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cypress Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Glen
Cypress Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cypress Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hollow
Cypress Run
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cypress Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Run
Cypress Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Trace
Cypress Willows
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Cypress Willows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Willows
Dill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill
Eagle Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Eagle Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
Edna Court
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edna Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Court
Egypt Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Egypt Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Lake
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- Fairway Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  - Fairway Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
- Forest Oaks
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  - Forest Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Galleria
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  - Galleria is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galleria
- Golden Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  - Golden Park is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Golf View Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  - Golf View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Heights
- Golfland Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  - Golfland Park is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfland Park
- Grove Point Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  - Grove Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point Village
- Harvey Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  - Harvey Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Heights
- Hibiscus Gardens
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Hibiscus Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibiscus Gardens
- Hidden Oaks
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  - Hidden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- High Pines
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  - High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
- Hunters Lake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  - Hunters Lake is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Lake
- Hunters Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  - Hunters Run is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Jasmine Pond
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  - Jasmine Pond is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Pond
- Joshuas Bend
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  - Joshuas Bend is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshuas Bend
- Karen Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Karen Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Heights
- Kirby Creek
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Kirby Creek is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirby Creek
- Lake Ellen
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  - Lake Ellen is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Lake Ellen Walk
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  - Lake Ellen Walk is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen Walk
- Lake View Heights
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Lake View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
- Lake View Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Lake View Park is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Park
- Little Eleven
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Little Eleven is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Eleven
- Little Henry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Little Henry is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Henry
- Lynn Lake
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  - Lynn Lake is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lake
- Manor Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Manor Hills is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hills
- Meadowglen
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  - Meadowglen is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowglen
- Mitchell Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Mitchell Park is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Park
- Oak Grove
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Oak Grove is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Oak Trail
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  - Oak Trail is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail
- Paddock Square
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  - Paddock Square is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Square
- Paddock Trail
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Paddock Trail is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Trail
- Pine Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  - Pine Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
- Pine Meadows
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
  - Pine Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Pine Terrace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Pine Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Plumnelly
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  - Plumnelly is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumnelly
- Quail Ridge
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  - Quail Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rolling Green Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  - Rolling Green Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green Village
- Shadberry Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  - Shadberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadberry Village
- Springwood Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  - Springwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Sunny Shores
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  - Sunny Shores is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Shores
- Sunray Gardens
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  - Sunray Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray Gardens
- Sunshine Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  - Sunshine Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Top of the Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  - Top of the Village is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Village
- Tuxedo Terrace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  - Tuxedo Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Terrace
- Venetian Park
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  - Venetian Park is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Park
- Village Wood
  (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  - Village Wood is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Wood
- Whisper Sound
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  - Whisper Sound is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Sound
- Whispering Oaks
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  - Whispering Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks

How Far From Bent Tree Place 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 Bent Tree Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bent Tree Place and extending to:

Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the South Southeast.
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bent Tree Place 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 812 miles [1,306.8 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,617 miles [10,649 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bent Tree Place) 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 Bent Tree Place 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 Bent Tree Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0481, Longitude: -82.5032 In this case, the coordinates for Bent Tree Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.86 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.275 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.885 degrees.