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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 Council Crest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Council Crest 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 Council Crest:
    • 28.149200, -82.598900
    • 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 Council Crest
  • 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 Council Crest 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 Council Crest

Communities Also Named Council Crest ...

We found two communities that are also named Council Crest.

Within Florida, the name Council Crest is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah 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 Oregon community of Council Crest [Multnomah County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Council Crest [Luzerne County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Council Crest ...

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.

  • Foxs Corner
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Foxs Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs Corner
  • Garden Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Garden Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lake
  • Great Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Great Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Lakes
  • Gulf Pine
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gulf Pine is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Pine
  • Hunters Glen
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters Glen is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
  • Keystone
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Keystone Beach
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Keystone Beach is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Beach
  • Keystone Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Keystone Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Cove
  • Keystone Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Keystone Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Farms
  • Keystone Grove Lakes
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Keystone Grove Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Grove Lakes
  • Keystone Groves
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Keystone Groves is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Groves
  • Keystone Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Keystone Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Keystone Shores is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Shores
    • Lake Abray
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lake Abray is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Abray
    • Lake Calm
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lake Calm is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Calm
    • Lake Fern
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Lake Fern is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fern
    • Post Shores
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Post Shores is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Shores
    • Rainbow Terrace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rainbow Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Terrace
    • Steeplechase
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Steeplechase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Stillwater
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Stillwater is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
    • Swan Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Swan Cove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Cove

How Far From Council Crest 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 Council Crest to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Council Crest to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day 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 187 miles [300.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 807 miles [1,298.7 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 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,185 miles [8,344.4 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Council Crest 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- Council Crest) 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 Council Crest 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 Council Crest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1492, Longitude: -82.5989       In this case, the coordinates for Council Crest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.918 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.357 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.895 degrees.