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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 Green Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Green Springs 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 Fort Green Springs:
- 27.591702, -81.939251
- 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 Fort Green Springs
- 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 Hardee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardee County
- Since Fort Green Springs is near Polk County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Fort Green Springs
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Green Springs ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bridges
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Coker
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Coker is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
- Fort Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Fort Green is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Green
- Fort Lonesome
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Lonesome is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lonesome
- Griffins Corner
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
- Limestone
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Limestone is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limestone
- Oak Grove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Tiger Bay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tiger Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bay
How Far From Fort Green Springs 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 Fort Green Springs to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Fort Green Springs and extending to:
- Wauchula, which is the Seat of Hardee County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 242 miles [389.5 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Fort Green Springs to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 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<4> 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).<5>
- 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).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Fort Green Springs) 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 Fort Green Springs 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 Fort Green Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.5917, Longitude: -81.9393 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Green Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.528 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.829 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.801 degrees. |
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