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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 Berry Landing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Berry Landing 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 Berry Landing:
    • 27.939000, -82.077600
    • 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 Berry Landing
  • 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 Berry Landing 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 Berry Landing

Curious and Interesting Names Near Berry Landing ...

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.

  • Deep Roots Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Deep Roots Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Roots Farms
  • Gordon
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Gordon is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Hopewell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Hopewell is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Jones Ridge
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jones Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ridge
  • Lees Ranch
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Lees Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Ranch
  • Orange Haven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Orange Haven is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Haven
  • Pams Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Pams Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pams Place
  • Peacock Grove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Peacock Grove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peacock Grove
  • Register Place
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Register Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Register Place
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Robinson Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Robinson Farms is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Farms
    • Samantha Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Samantha Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samantha Park
    • Sparkman Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sparkman Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman Oaks
    • Wild Rose
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wild Rose is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Rose
    • Willow Oak
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Willow Oak is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Oak
    • Windmill Pointe
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Windmill Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill Pointe

How Far From Berry Landing 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 Berry Landing to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Berry Landing to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 217 miles [349.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 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 6,602 miles [10,624.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,169 miles [8,318.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

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 from Point A (ie- Berry Landing) 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 Berry Landing 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 Berry Landing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9390, Longitude: -82.0776       In this case, the coordinates for Berry Landing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.627 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.991 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.772 degrees.