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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 Bent Tree, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bent Tree 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 Bent Tree:
    • 27.926200, -82.234200
    • 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
  • 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 is near Polk County and also Pasco 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 Pasco 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

Communities Also Named Bent Tree ...

We found five communities that are also named Bent Tree.

There is one other community in Florida that is also named Bent Tree.

Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Sarasota 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 Florida community of Bent Tree [Sarasota County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Blount County and lies 490 miles [788.6 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Bent Tree that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Bent Tree.
    • North Carolina
      • Henderson County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Henderson County and lies 509 miles [819.2 km]<2> to the north of the Bent Tree that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henderson County community of Bent Tree.
    • South Carolina
      • Oconee County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Oconee County and lies 465 miles [748.3 km]<2> to the north of the Bent Tree that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oconee County community of Bent Tree.
    • Tennessee
      • Blount County
      • This Bent Tree is located in Blount County and lies 551 miles [886.7 km]<2> to the north of the Bent Tree that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Bent Tree.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bent Tree ...

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.

  • Angel Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Angel Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Run
  • Bonterra
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bonterra is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonterra
  • Canter
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Canter is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canter
  • Carriage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Carriage Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Park
  • Chickasaw Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Chickasaw Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Meadows
  • Cinnamon Trace
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cinnamon Trace is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Trace
  • Citrus Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Citrus Wood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Wood
  • Copper Ridge
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Copper Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
  • Eden Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Eden Wood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Wood
  • Greenhills
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Greenhills is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
  • Harder Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Harder Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harder Oaks
  • Indian Trails
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Indian Trails is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trails
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Jerrys
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jerrys is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys
    • Kings Mill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Kings Mill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
    • Legends Pass
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Legends Pass is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legends Pass
    • Leonard
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Leonard is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
    • Memory Lane
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Memory Lane is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memory Lane
    • Orchid Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Orchid Grove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchid Grove
    • Park Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Park Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadow
    • Stone Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Stone Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Hollow
    • Sugarloaf Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Sugarloaf Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Ridge
    • Wildwood Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Wildwood Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hollow

How Far From Bent Tree to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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 to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bent Tree to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 212 miles [341.2 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 814 miles [1,310 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 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bent Tree 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bent Tree) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 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. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9262, Longitude: -82.2342       In this case, the coordinates for Bent Tree have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.708 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.083 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.824 degrees.