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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 Fivay Junction, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fivay Junction 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 Fivay Junction:
- 28.324530, -82.517882
- 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 Fivay Junction
- 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 Pasco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- Since Fivay Junction is near Hernando County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Fivay Junction
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fivay Junction ...
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.
- Bayonet Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Candlelight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Candlelight is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Candlelight
- Coopers Bayou
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Coopers Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Bayou
- Deer Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
- Deer Run
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Deer Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Run
- Eagle Crest
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Eagle Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Crest
- Edgewater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Edgewater is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Fern Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fern Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Garden Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Garden Grove is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Great Lakes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Great Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Lakes
- Greenfield
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenfield is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Gulf Pine
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gulf Pine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Pine
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Heritage Harbor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Heritage Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbor
- Heritage Harbor Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Lane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holly Lane is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Lane
- Jessies Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jessies Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessies Place
- Lake Fern
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Lake Fern is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fern
- Land O' Lakes
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Reflections
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Reflections is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reflections
- Ridgelake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgelake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
- Rustic Oaks Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rustic Oaks Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks Place
- Sapphire Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Sapphire Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapphire Lake
- Seven Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Seven Springs is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
- Shady Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Stillwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Stillwater is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Tangerine Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tangerine Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangerine Hill
- Timber Pines
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
- Tropical Lakes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Tropical Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Lakes
- Willow Sink
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Willow Sink is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Sink
How Far From Fivay Junction 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 Fivay Junction to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fivay Junction once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fivay Junction and extending to:
- Dade City, which is the Seat of Pasco County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Fivay Junction to Dade City, 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 6 hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 180 miles [289.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 794 miles [1,277.8 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,173 miles [8,325.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fivay Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 from Point A (ie- Fivay Junction) 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 Fivay Junction 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 Fivay Junction. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.3245, Longitude: -82.5179 In this case, the coordinates for Fivay Junction have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.889 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.346 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.833 degrees. |
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