Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Garden Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garden Lake and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Garden Lake
- 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 Garden Lake:
- 28.131800, -82.630700
- 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 Garden Lake
- 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 Hillsborough County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since Garden Lake is near Pasco County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- eBird sighting report for Pinellas 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Garden Lake ...
We found two communities that share the name Garden Lake.
Within Florida, the name Garden Lake is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Manitoba
- We haven't found the location of this community yet.
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Garden Lake [Camden County].
- Manitoba
Curious and Interesting Names Near Garden Lake ...
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.
- Council Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Crest
- Council Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Keystone Beach
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Beach
- Keystone Beach is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Cove
- Keystone Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone Farms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Farms
- Keystone Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone Grove Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Grove Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Grove Lakes
- Keystone Grove Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone Park
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Park
- Keystone Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Keystone Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keystone Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Shores
- Keystone Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Lake Abray
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Abray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Abray
- Lake Abray is located in Hillsborough County
- Lake Calm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east) - Lake Julia
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Julia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Julia
- Lake Julia is located in Hillsborough County
- Nine Eagles
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nine Eagles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Eagles
- Nine Eagles is located in Hillsborough County
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- Post Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Shores
- Post Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Rainbow Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Terrace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Terrace
- Rainbow Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Steeplechase
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeplechase have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Steeplechase is located in Hillsborough County
- Swan Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Post Shores
How Far From Garden Lake 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 Garden Lake to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Garden Lake and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Garden Lake to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 809 miles [1,302 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Garden Lake could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <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- Garden Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1318, Longitude: -82.6307 In this case, the coordinates for Garden Lake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Garden Lake to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.372 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.909 degrees. |