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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 Hernando Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hernando Beach 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 Hernando Beach:
- 28.486878, -82.650361
- 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 Hernando Beach
- 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 Hernando County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando County
- Since Hernando Beach is near Pasco County and also Citrus 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 Citrus 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 Hernando Beach
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hernando Beach ...
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.
- Bayonet Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garden Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Garden Grove is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Greenfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenfield is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- High Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- High Point is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
- Norman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Norman is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
- Pine Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pine Island is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
- Shady Hills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Timber Pines
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Timber Pines is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pines
- Willow Sink
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Sink is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Sink
How Far From Hernando Beach 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 Hernando Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Hernando Beach and extending to:
- Brooksville, which is the Seat of Hernando County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hernando Beach to Brooksville, 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 five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 166 miles [267.2 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 787 miles [1,266.6 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,603 miles [10,626.5 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 5,172 miles [8,323.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hernando Beach) 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 Hernando Beach 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 Hernando Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4869, Longitude: -82.6504 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.971 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.464 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.842 degrees. |
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