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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 Forest Lakes Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forest Lakes Park 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 Forest Lakes Park:
- 29.078592, -81.837304
- 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 Forest Lakes 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Forest Lakes Park is near Lake County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Forest Lakes Park
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forest Lakes 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.
- Big Scrub
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Scrub is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Scrub
- Bruceville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bruceville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
- Electra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Electra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Forest Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Forest Corners is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Corners
- Lady Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Weir ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Weir is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Weir
- Lynn
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lynn is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Nubys Corner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nubys Corner is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nubys Corner
- Orange Blossom Hills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Blossom Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Hills
- Silver Springs Shores
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunset Harbor
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunset Harbor is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Harbor
How Far From Forest Lakes Park 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 Forest Lakes Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Forest Lakes Park and extending to:
- Ocala, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forest Lakes Park to Ocala, with an average speed<3> 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 173 miles [278.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 731 miles [1,176.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,539 miles [10,523.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,212 miles [11,606.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,108 miles [8,220.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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- Forest Lakes Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Forest Lakes 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 Forest Lakes Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0786, Longitude: -81.8373 In this case, the coordinates for Forest Lakes Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.578 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.092 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.45 degrees. |
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