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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 Cypress Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cypress Park 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 Cypress Park:
    • 27.713800, -82.367900
    • 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 Cypress Park
  • 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 Cypress Park is near Manatee County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Cypress Park

Communities Also Named Cypress Park ...

We found three communities that are also named Cypress Park.

Within Florida, the name Cypress Park is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Cypress Park lies 2,618 miles [4,213.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Cypress Park that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • This Cypress Park is located in Los Angeles County and lies 2,158 miles [3,473 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Cypress Park that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Los Angeles County community of Cypress Park.
      • Monterey 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 California community of Cypress Park [Monterey County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cypress Park ...

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.

  • Amanda
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Amanda is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
  • Apollo Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • College Chase
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • College Chase is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Chase
  • Edgewater Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Edgewater Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Village
  • Freedom Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Freedom Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Village
  • Green Acres
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Green Acres is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Harbour Isles
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Harbour Isles is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Isles
  • Island Cay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Island Cay is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Cay
  • Island Walk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Island Walk is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Walk
  • Jones
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jones is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Kims Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kims Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kims Cove
  • Kings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Leon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Leon is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Lookout Place
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lookout Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Place
    • Maplewood
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Maplewood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplewood
    • Mays
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Mays is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
    • Pelican Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Pelican Point is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Point
    • Ranch Lands
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Ranch Lands is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Lands
    • River Bend
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • River Bend is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Sable Cove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sable Cove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Cove
    • Sandpiper Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Sandpiper Point is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpiper Point
    • Shooks Folly
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Shooks Folly is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks Folly
    • Sun City Center
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Twin Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Twin Lake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake
    • Willow
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Willow is located in Manatee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Willow Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Willow Shores is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Shores
    • Wolf Branch
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Wolf Branch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Branch
    • Yorkshire
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Yorkshire is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkshire

How Far From Cypress Park 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 Cypress Park to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Cypress Park to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 220 miles [354.1 km] to the north northwest (NNW). 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 830 miles [1,335.8 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 6,625 miles [10,661.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,193 miles [8,357.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cypress Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cypress Park 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Cypress Park 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 Cypress Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7138, Longitude: -82.3679       In this case, the coordinates for Cypress Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.762 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.116 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.91 degrees.