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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 Bevell Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bevell Place 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 Bevell Place:
    • 28.480000, -82.043136
    • 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 Bevell 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 Sumter County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
    • Since Bevell Place is near Pasco County and also Hernando 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 Hernando 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 Bevell Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bevell 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.

  • Carver
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Carver is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
  • Clay Sink
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clay Sink is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Sink
  • Groveland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lincoln Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Mabel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mabel is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
  • Moss Town
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Moss Town is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
  • Oak Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Oak Grove is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Rock Ridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rock Ridge is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Ridge
  • Tarrytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
  • Tommytown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tommytown is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tommytown

How Far From Bevell Place to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bevell Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bevell Place and extending to:

  • Bushnell, which is the Seat of Sumter County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bevell Place to Bushnell, 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 190 miles [305.8 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 774 miles [1,245.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 44 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,576 miles [10,583 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,246 miles [11,661.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,144 miles [8,278.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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- Bevell Place) 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 Bevell 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 Bevell Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4800, Longitude: -82.0431       In this case, the coordinates for Bevell Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.648 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.09 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.647 degrees.