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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 Fort Dade, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Dade 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 Fort Dade:
    • 27.590287, -82.761752
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Fort Dade
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Fort Dade ...

We found one communities that share the name Fort Dade.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Fort Dade.

Beyond Florida.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Unknown
      • The profile page for Fort Dade #1 [County unknown]
      • This community is historichttp://www.waymarking.com/wm/search.aspx?f=1&lat=27.590287&lon=-82.761752&t=6 and we have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for Fort Dade.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Dade ...

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.

  • Cedar Hammock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
    • Cedar Hammock is located in Manatee County
  • Fort Lonely
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Lonely have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lonely
    • Fort Lonely is located in Hillsborough County
  • Gulfport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Longbeach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longbeach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longbeach
    • Longbeach is located in Manatee County
  • Mitchell Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mitchell Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Beach
    • Mitchell Beach is located in Pinellas County
  • Piney Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Point have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Point
    • Piney Point is located in Hillsborough County
  • Sunset Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
    • Sunset Beach is located in Pinellas County
  • Sunshine Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunshine Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Beach
    • Sunshine Beach is located in Pinellas County
  • Treasure Island
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

How Far From Fort Dade 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 Fort Dade 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<3> community of Fort Dade once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Fort Dade and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<4> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Dade to Tampa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 216 miles [347.6 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 847 miles [1,363.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,649 miles [10,700.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,317 miles [11,775.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,217 miles [8,395.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 Fort Dade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Dade) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Dade. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.5903, Longitude: -82.7618    
<5>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.
<6>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 Fort Dade to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.96 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.328 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.059 degrees.




 

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