Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in The Cove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to The Cove and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for The Cove
- 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 The Cove:
- 27.878100, -82.243200
- 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 The Cove
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since The Cove is near Polk County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Manatee 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named The Cove ...
We found twenty communities that share the name The Cove.
There are two communities within Florida that are also named The Cove.
Beyond Florida, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Bay County
- Broward County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Craven 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 North Carolina community of The Cove [Craven County].
- Haywood County
- This The Cove is located in Haywood County and lies 539 miles [867.4 km]<1> to the north of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Haywood County community of The Cove.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon 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 The Cove [Huntingdon County].
- Perry County
- This The Cove is located in Perry County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of The Cove.
- Texas
- Chambers County
- This The Cove is located in Chambers County and lies 771 miles [1,240.8 km]<1> to the west northwest of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chambers County community of The Cove.
- Orange County
- This The Cove is located in Orange County and lies 710 miles [1,142.6 km] to the west northwest of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of The Cove.
- Utah
- Cache County
- This The Cove is located in Cache County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of The Cove.
- Sevier County
- This The Cove is located in Sevier County and lies 1,873 miles [3,014.3 km] to the west northwest of the The Cove that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of The Cove.
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near The Cove ...
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.
- Canter
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north) - Carriage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Park
- Carriage Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Cedar Grove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Cedar Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Chickasaw Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Meadows
- Chickasaw Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Cinnamon Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinnamon Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Trace
- Cinnamon Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Emerald Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emerald Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
- Emerald Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Fish Hawk
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Fishhawk Ranch
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fishhawk Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk Ranch
- Fishhawk Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
- Greenhills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
- Greenhills is located in Hillsborough County
- Harvest Field
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvest Field have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Field
- Harvest Field is located in Hillsborough County
- Hickory Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Hickory Highlands
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Highlands
- Hickory Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
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- Hickory Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Ridge
- Hickory Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Hickory Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Woods
- Hickory Woods is located in Hillsborough County
- Hidden Forest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
- Hidden Forest is located in Hillsborough County
- Hunter Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
- Hunter Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Indian Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hills
- Indian Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Indian Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Trails
- Indian Trails is located in Hillsborough County
- Marvinia Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvinia Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvinia Hills
- Marvinia Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Mason Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Oaks
- Mason Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Oak Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
- Oak Landing is located in Hillsborough County
- Paddock Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paddock Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Oaks
- Paddock Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Park Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadow
- Park Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
- Ranch Road Groves
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranch Road Groves have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Road Groves
- Ranch Road Groves is located in Hillsborough County
- Ridge Dale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Dale
- Ridge Dale is located in Hillsborough County
- River Rapids
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Rapids have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Rapids
- River Rapids is located in Hillsborough County
- Rivers Edge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rivers Edge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivers Edge
- Rivers Edge is located in Hillsborough County
- Riverwoods Hammock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverwoods Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwoods Hammock
- Riverwoods Hammock is located in Hillsborough County
- Shoals
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest) - Stone Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stone Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone Hollow
- Stone Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Sugarloaf Ridge
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Ridge
- Sugarloaf Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Timber Knoll
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Knoll
- Timber Knoll is located in Hillsborough County
- Wildwood Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hollow
- Wildwood Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Hickory Ridge
How Far From The Cove 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 The Cove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in The Cove and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from The Cove to Tampa, with an average speed<4> 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 215 miles [346 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 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 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,180 miles [8,336.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for The Cove. 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: https://www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- The Cove) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in The Cove. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8781, Longitude: -82.2432 In this case, the coordinates for The Cove 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 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 The Cove 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 The Cove 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 310.71 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.078 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.837 degrees. |