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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 Carlton Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carlton Village 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 Carlton Village:
- 28.932485, -81.885359
- 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 Carlton Village
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Carlton Village is near Sumter County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Carlton Village
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carlton Village ...
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.
- Bamboo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bamboo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Big Scrub
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Scrub is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Scrub
- Cherry Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Cherry Lake is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Fruitland Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Harbor Shores
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harbor Shores is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Shores
- Lady Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Weir ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Weir is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weir
- Leesburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lisbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lisbon is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Orange Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Bend is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
- Orange Blossom Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Orange Blossom Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Hills
- Orange Home
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Home is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
- Silver Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sunnyside
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Sunnyside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Sunset Harbor
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Harbor is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Harbor
How Far From Carlton Village 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 Carlton Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Carlton Village and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Carlton Village to Tavares, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 177 miles [284.9 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 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,548 miles [10,538 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,220 miles [11,619.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,117 miles [8,235 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carlton Village) 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 Carlton Village 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 Carlton Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.9325, Longitude: -81.8854 In this case, the coordinates for Carlton Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.595 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.091 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.498 degrees. |
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