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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 Central Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Central Heights 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 Central Heights:
    • 28.046400, -82.453600
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Central Heights
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Central Heights ...

We found ten communities that share the name Central Heights.

Within Florida, the name Central Heights is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • This Central Heights is located in Lauderdale County and lies 567 miles [912.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lauderdale County community of Central Heights.
    • Arizona
      • Gila County
      • This Central Heights is located in Gila County and lies 1,717 miles [2,763.2 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gila County community of Central Heights.
    • Iowa
      • Cerro Gordo County
      • This Central Heights is located in Cerro Gordo County and lies 1,202 miles [1,934.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cerro Gordo County community of Central Heights.
    • North Carolina
      • Alamance County
      • This Central Heights is located in Alamance County and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alamance County community of Central Heights.
      • Wayne County
      • This Central Heights is located in Wayne County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km] to the north northeast of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Central Heights.
    • Tennessee
      • Carter 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 Tennessee community of Central Heights [Carter County].
      • Sullivan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Central Heights [Sullivan County].
    • Texas
      • Jefferson 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 Texas community of Central Heights [Jefferson County].
      • Nacogdoches County
      • This Central Heights is located in Nacogdoches County and lies 773 miles [1,244 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nacogdoches County community of Central Heights.
    • Utah
      • Davis County
      • This Central Heights is located in Davis County and lies 1,881 miles [3,027.2 km]<1> to the northwest of the Central Heights that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Central Heights.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Central Heights ...

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.

  • Castle Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Gardens
    • Castle Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
  • College Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Village
    • College Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Dill
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill
    • Dill is located in Hillsborough County
  • Fannypryde
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fannypryde have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fannypryde
    • Fannypryde is located in Hillsborough County
  • Flora Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Park
    • Flora Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Forest Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
    • Forest Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
  • Golden Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Park
    • Golden Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Golf View Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golf View Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Heights
    • Golf View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  • Golfland Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golfland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfland Park
    • Golfland Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Greentree
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greentree have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greentree
    • Greentree is located in Hillsborough County
  • Harvey Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvey Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvey Heights
    • Harvey Heights is located in Hillsborough County
  • High Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for High Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
    • High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Indian Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Joshuas Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joshuas Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshuas Bend
      • Joshuas Bend is located in Hillsborough County
    • Kathryn Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kathryn Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kathryn Park
      • Kathryn Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Kelly Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kelly Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly Ridge
      • Kelly Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
    • Linda Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Linda Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Court
      • Linda Court is located in Hillsborough County
    • Log Cabin Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Log Cabin Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Cabin Hills
      • Log Cabin Hills is located in Hillsborough County
    • Manor Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manor Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Hills
      • Manor Hills is located in Hillsborough County
    • Marigold Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marigold Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold Gardens
      • Marigold Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Otterman
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Otterman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterman
      • Otterman is located in Hillsborough County
    • Spring View
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring View
      • Spring View is located in Hillsborough County
    • Sulphur Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Hill
      • Sulphur Hill is located in Hillsborough County
    • Sulphur Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sulphur Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
      • Sulphur Springs is located in Hillsborough County
    • Tall Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tall Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
      • Tall Pines is located in Hillsborough County
    • Temple Highlands
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temple Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Highlands
      • Temple Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
    • Terrace Gables
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terrace Gables have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Gables
      • Terrace Gables is located in Hillsborough County
    • Tuxedo Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuxedo Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Terrace
      • Tuxedo Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
    • University Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for University Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
      • University Village is located in Hillsborough County

How Far From Central Heights 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 Central Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Central Heights and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the South.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Central Heights to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,614 miles [10,644.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,283 miles [11,720.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Central Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Central Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Central Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0464, Longitude: -82.4536       In this case, the coordinates for Central Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 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 Central Heights 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Central Heights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.833 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.244 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.869 degrees.




 

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