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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 Fruitland Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fruitland 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 Fruitland Park:
- 28.861429, -81.906896
- 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 Fruitland 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Fruitland Park is near Sumter County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Fruitland Park
Communities Also Named Fruitland Park ...
We found one communities that are also named Fruitland Park.
Within Florida, the name Fruitland Park is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Fruitland Park in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Forrest County
- This Fruitland Park is located in Forrest County and lies 457 miles [735.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Fruitland Park that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Forrest County community of Fruitland Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fruitland 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.
- Bamboo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bamboo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bamboo
- Cherry Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Lake is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Eldorado
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Lady Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lisbon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lisbon is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Orange Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Orange Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Orange Home is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sunnyside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyside is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Wildwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
How Far From Fruitland Park 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 city such as Fruitland Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fruitland Park and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Fruitland Park to Tavares, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 179 miles [288.1 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 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,552 miles [10,544.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,224 miles [11,625.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,121 miles [8,241.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Fruitland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Fruitland 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 Fruitland Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8614, Longitude: -81.9069 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.601 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.089 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.521 degrees. |
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