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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 Brower, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brower 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 Brower:
- 27.982800, -82.302900
- 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 Brower
- 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 Brower 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 Brower
Communities Also Named Brower ...
We found four communities that are also named Brower.
Within Florida, the name Brower is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Ontario
- This Brower lies 1,454 miles [2,340 km]<1> to the north of the Brower that is located in Hillsborough County.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Brower [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Brower [Berks County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Brower is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,890 miles [3,041.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Brower that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Brower.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brower ...
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.
- American Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- American Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for American Gardens
- Big Pines
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Big Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Carriage Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carriage Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Crossing
- Cash Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cash Acres is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash Acres
- Eden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Eden Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Eleven Mile Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Eleven Mile Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile Hill
- Greenewood
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Greenewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenewood
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Jacobs Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jacobs Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Place
- Jolly Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jolly Corner is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Corner
- Keebler
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Keebler is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler
- Kennedy Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kennedy Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Kingsway Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsway Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Oaks
- Krebs
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Krebs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lake View
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lake View is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lakeview Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
- Mango
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mango Groves
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mango Groves is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Groves
- Mango Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mango Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Hills
- Mirror Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Mirror Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Crest
- Mirror Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Orangewood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Orangewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangewood
- Parsons Pointe
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parsons Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Pointe
- Parsons Reserve
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Parsons Reserve is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Reserve
- Raven Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Raven Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Oaks
- Rolling Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Timber Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timber Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Williams Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
How Far From Brower 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 Brower to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brower and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Brower to Tampa, with an average speed<4> 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 207 miles [333.1 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 12 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<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Brower) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Brower 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Brower 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 Brower. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9828, Longitude: -82.3029 In this case, the coordinates for Brower have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.749 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.138 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.835 degrees. |
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