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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 Carrollwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Carrollwood 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 Carrollwood:
- 28.050798, -82.499047
- 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 Carrollwood
- 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 Carrollwood is near Pasco County and also Pinellas 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 Pinellas 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 Carrollwood
Communities Also Named Carrollwood ...
We found three communities that are also named Carrollwood.
Within Florida, the name Carrollwood is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Madison 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 Illinois community of Carrollwood [Madison County].
- Louisiana
- Saint John the Baptist Parish
- This Carrollwood is located in Saint John the Baptist Parish and lies 502 miles [807.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Carrollwood that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint John the Baptist Parish community of Carrollwood.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Carrollwood is located in Baltimore County and lies 853 miles [1,372.8 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Carrollwood that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Carrollwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Carrollwood ...
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.
- Cedarwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cedarwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Village
- Cherry Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Country Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Country Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Run
- Cypress Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cypress Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Glen
- Cypress Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cypress Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hollow
- Cypress Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cypress Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Run
- Cypress Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Trace
- Cypress Willows
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Cypress Willows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Willows
- Deer Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Deer Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
- Dill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Dill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill
- Eagle Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Creek
- Edna Court
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Edna Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Court
- Continue List (53 more) ...
- Egypt Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Egypt Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt Lake
- Fairway Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Forest Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Forest Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
- Galleria
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Galleria is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galleria
- Golden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Golden Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
- Golf View Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Golf View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Heights
- Golfland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Golfland Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfland Park
- Greentree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Greentree is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
- Grove Point Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Grove Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point Village
- Harvey Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Harvey Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Heights
- Hibiscus Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hibiscus Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibiscus Gardens
- Hidden Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Hidden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Oaks
- High Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
- Hunters Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hunters Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Lake
- Hunters Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hunters Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Run
- Indian Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Indian Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Jasmine Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Jasmine Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasmine Pond
- Joshuas Bend
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Joshuas Bend is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshuas Bend
- Karen Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Karen Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karen Heights
- Kirby Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Ellen
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Ellen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
- Lake Ellen Walk
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Lake Ellen Walk is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen Walk
- Lake View Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Heights
- Lake View Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake View Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Park
- Little Eleven
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Eleven is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Eleven
- Little Henry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Little Henry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Henry
- Log Cabin Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Log Cabin Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Hills
- Lynn Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Lynn Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Lake
- Manor Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Manor Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hills
- Meadowglen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Meadowglen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowglen
- Mitchell Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mitchell Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Park
- Oak Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Trail is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Trail
- Otterman
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Otterman is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterman
- Paddock Square
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Paddock Square is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Square
- Paddock Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Paddock Trail is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Trail
- Pine Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pine Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
- Pine Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pine Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
- Pine Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pine Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Terrace
- Plumnelly
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Plumnelly is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumnelly
- Quail Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Quail Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quail Ridge
- Rolling Green Village
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Rolling Green Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green Village
- Shadberry Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shadberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadberry Village
- Springwood Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Springwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
- Sunny Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Sunny Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Shores
- Sunray Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunray Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray Gardens
- Sunshine Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sunshine Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
- Tall Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Tall Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
- Top of the Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Top of the Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Village
- Tuxedo Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tuxedo Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Terrace
- Venetian Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Venetian Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venetian Park
- Village Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Village Wood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Wood
- Whisper Sound
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Whisper Sound is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Sound
- Whispering Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Whispering Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Oaks
How Far From Carrollwood 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 Carrollwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carrollwood and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 196 miles [315.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Carrollwood to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 811 miles [1,305.2 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,286 miles [11,725.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 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 Carrollwood 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- Carrollwood) 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 Carrollwood 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 Carrollwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0508, Longitude: -82.4990 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.858 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.273 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.883 degrees. |
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