Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hawthorne, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hawthorne and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hawthorne
- 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 Hawthorne:
- 28.761380, -81.870913
- 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 Hawthorne
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Hawthorne is near Sumter County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Hawthorne ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Hawthorne.
There is one other community in Florida which is also named Hawthorne.
Beyond Florida, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Hawthorne is located in Baltimore County and lies 792 miles [1,274.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Hawthorne.
- Charles County
- This Hawthorne is located in Charles County and lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km] to the north northeast of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Charles County community of Hawthorne.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- This Hawthorne is located in Adams County and lies 600 miles [965.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Hawthorne.
- Pearl River County
- This Hawthorne is located in Pearl River County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km] to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pearl River County community of Hawthorne.
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- This Hawthorne lies 1,622 miles [2,610.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Shelby County
- This Hawthorne is located in Shelby County and lies 751 miles [1,208.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Hawthorne.
- Walker County
- This Hawthorne is located in Walker County and lies 820 miles [1,319.7 km] to the west northwest of the Hawthorne that is located in Lake County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Hawthorne.
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hawthorne ...
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
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest) - Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Fruitland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland Park
- Fruitland Park is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,011 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland Park <5>
- Lane Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Leesburg
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Leesburg is located in Lake County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,060 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <5>
- Orange Bend
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orange Bend. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
- Orange Bend is located in Lake County
- Orange Blossom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Blossom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom
- Orange Blossom is located in Lake County
- Orange Home
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Home have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Home
- Orange Home is located in Sumter County
- Pumpkin Center
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pumpkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pumpkin Center
- Pumpkin Center is located in Lake County
- Silver Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Lake County
- Sunnyside
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hawthorne and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 185 miles [297.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hawthorne to Tallahassee, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 752 miles [1,210.2 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<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,555 miles [10,549.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,226 miles [11,629.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,124 miles [8,246.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hawthorne. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Lake County: www.lakegovernment.com/
The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hawthorne) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hawthorne. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7614, Longitude: -81.8709 In this case, the coordinates for Hawthorne have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 Hawthorne, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Hawthorne 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | 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 Hawthorne to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.576 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.045 degrees. |
| <11> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.531 degrees. |