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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 Hidden Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hidden Creek 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 Hidden Creek:
    • 28.057800, -82.361800
    • 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 Hidden Creek
  • 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 Hidden Creek is near Pasco County and also Pinellas 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 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:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Hidden Creek

Communities Also Named Hidden Creek ...

We found three communities that are also named Hidden Creek.

Within Florida, the name Hidden Creek is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook 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 Illinois community of Hidden Creek [Cook County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Hidden Creek is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 548 miles [881.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Hidden Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Hidden Creek.
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • This Hidden Creek is located in Frederick County and lies 846 miles [1,361.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Hidden Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Frederick County community of Hidden Creek.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hidden Creek ...

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.

  • Arabian Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Arabian Acres is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
  • Clarkwild
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Clarkwild is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkwild
  • Clearview
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Clearview is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cypress Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Cypress Point is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
  • Harris Landings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris Landings is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Landings
  • Marian
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Marian is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian
  • Mendoza
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Mendoza is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
  • Pilgrims Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pilgrims Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Place
  • River Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • River Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
  • Riveredge
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Riveredge is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riveredge
  • Royal Greens
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Royal Greens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Greens
  • Rustic Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Rustic Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Village
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Temple Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Temple Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Heights
    • Temple Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Temple Hills is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
    • Temple Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Temple Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Oaks
    • Temple Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Temple Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Park
    • Terrace Highlands
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Terrace Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Highlands
    • Terrace Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Terrace Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hill
    • Terrace Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Terrace Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Oaks
    • Terrace Overlook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Terrace Overlook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Overlook
    • Terrace River
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Terrace River is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace River
    • Terrace Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Terrace Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Village
    • Terrace Walk
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Terrace Walk is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Walk
    • Thousand Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Thousand Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousand Oaks
    • University Square
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • University Square is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Square

How Far From Hidden Creek to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Hidden Creek to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 200 miles [321.9 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Hidden Creek to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 808 miles [1,300.3 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 6,610 miles [10,637.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hidden Creek 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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hidden Creek) 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 Hidden Creek 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 Hidden Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0578, Longitude: -82.3618       In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.786 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.191 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.838 degrees.