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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 Cross Bayou, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cross Bayou 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 Cross Bayou:
- 27.857802, -82.733712
- 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 Cross Bayou
- 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 Pinellas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas County
- Since Cross Bayou is near Hillsborough County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Open the 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:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cross Bayou
Communities Also Named Cross Bayou ...
We found one communities that are also named Cross Bayou.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Cross Bayou.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough 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 Florida community of Cross Bayou [Hillsborough County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cross Bayou ...
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.
- Feather Sound
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Four Corners
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Four Corners is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Gulfport
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Harbor Bluffs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harbor Bluffs is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Bluffs
- High Point
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Highpoint
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Highpoint is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highpoint
- Indian Rocks Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Indian Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mitchell Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mitchell Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Beach
- Orange Terrace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Orange Terrace is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Terrace
- Sunset Beach
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Sunset Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Sunshine Beach
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Beach is located in Pinellas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
- Treasure Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Cross Bayou 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 Cross Bayou to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Cross Bayou and extending to:
- Clearwater, which is the Seat of Pinellas County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<3> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Cross Bayou 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 829 miles [1,334.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,636 miles [10,679.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,305 miles [11,756.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,204 miles [8,375 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Cross Bayou 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cross Bayou) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Cross Bayou 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 Cross Bayou. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8578, Longitude: -82.7337 In this case, the coordinates for Cross Bayou have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.967 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.373 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.997 degrees. |
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