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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 Hammocks, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hammocks 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 Hammocks:
    • 28.163500, -82.366600
    • 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 Hammocks
  • 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:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
    • Since Hammocks is near Pasco County and also Hernando County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando 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 Hammocks

Communities Also Named Hammocks ...

We found four communities that are also named Hammocks.

There are two communities within Florida that are also named Hammocks.

Beyond Florida, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Miami-Dade County
      • The profile page for Hammocks #1 [Miami-Dade County]
      • This Hammocks is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Hammocks that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • The profile page for Hammocks #2 [Miami-Dade County]
      • This Hammocks is located in Miami-Dade County and lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the southeast of the Hammocks that is located in Hillsborough County.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Escambia County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hammocks [Escambia County].
    • North Carolina
      • New Hanover County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hammocks [New Hanover County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hammocks ...

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.

  • Carr Drive
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Carr Drive is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Drive
  • Clubview
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Clubview is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clubview
  • Cross Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Cross Creek is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Creek
  • Eagle Crest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Eagle Crest is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Crest
  • Fox Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Fox Chase is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Chase
  • Fox Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Fox Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Heather Downs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Heather Downs is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heather Downs
  • Heritage Isles
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Heritage Isles is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Isles
  • Hounds Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hounds Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Run
  • Hunters Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters Green is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Green
  • Jessies Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jessies Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessies Place
  • Magnolia Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Magnolia Chase is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Chase
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Maplehill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Maplehill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehill
    • Montana Pines
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Montana Pines is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana Pines
    • Oak Hollow
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Oak Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
    • Pebble Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pebble Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek
    • Regalwoods
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Regalwoods is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regalwoods
    • Ridgelake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Ridgelake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
    • Rustic Oaks Place
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Rustic Oaks Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks Place
    • Suzie Trace
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Suzie Trace is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suzie Trace
    • Tangerine Hill
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Tangerine Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangerine Hill
    • Turning Point
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Turning Point is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turning Point

How Far From Hammocks 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 Hammocks to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hammocks and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hammocks to Tampa, with an average speed<3> 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 194 miles [312.2 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 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 801 miles [1,289.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,274 miles [11,706.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,173 miles [8,325.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hammocks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Hammocks 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.
<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 Hammocks 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 Hammocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1635, Longitude: -82.3666       In this case, the coordinates for Hammocks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.796 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.218 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.818 degrees.