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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 Douglas Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Douglas Place 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 Douglas Place:
- 28.156900, -82.491200
- 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 Douglas Place
- 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 Douglas Place 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 Douglas Place
Curious and Interesting Names Near Douglas Place ...
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.
- Candlelight
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Candlelight is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
- Coopers Bayou
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Coopers Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Bayou
- Coventry
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Coventry is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
- Crystal Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crystal Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Cove
- Crystal Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Cypress Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cypress Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cove
- Deer Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Deer Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Run
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deer Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Eagle Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Eagle Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Crest
- Edgewater
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Edgewater is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Elysian Fields
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Elysian Fields is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Fields
- Fern Glen
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fern Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Garden Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Heritage Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Heritage Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbor
- Heritage Harbor Village
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Holly Lane
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Holly Lane is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Lane
- Lake Charles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Charles is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
- Lake Keen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
- Marilyn Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Marilyn Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marilyn Shores
- Reflections
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Reflections is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reflections
- Sapphire Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Sapphire Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapphire Lake
- Sunny Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunny Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Pines
- Tropical Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tropical Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Lakes
How Far From Douglas Place to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Douglas Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Douglas Place and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Douglas Place to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 190 miles [305.8 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 804 miles [1,293.9 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,281 miles [11,717.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Douglas Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Douglas Place 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 Douglas Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1569, Longitude: -82.4912 In this case, the coordinates for Douglas Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.862 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.292 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.859 degrees. |
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