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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 Haven, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hidden Haven 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 Haven:
    • 27.975400, -82.497600
    • 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 Haven
  • 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 Haven is near Pinellas County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco 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 Haven

Communities Also Named Hidden Haven ...

We found one communities that are also named Hidden Haven.

Within Florida, the name Hidden Haven is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Hidden Haven in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Hidden Haven is located in Aiken County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the north of the Hidden Haven that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Hidden Haven.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hidden Haven ...

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.

  • Beans
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Beans is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Ben Hur
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ben Hur is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Blue Moon Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Blue Moon Court is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Bonnie Brae
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Bonnie Brae is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Bonniehaven
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bonniehaven is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Bryans
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Bryans is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Buffalo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Caruthers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Caruthers is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Catherine City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Catherine City is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Central Court
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Central Court is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Citrus Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Citrus Park is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Cloverdale
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cloverdale is located in Hillsborough County
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  • Continue List   (80 more) ...
    • Cornerstone Plaza
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Cornerstone Plaza is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Courier City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Courier City is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Crabcake
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Crabcake is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Dills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dills is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Dixie
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Dixie is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Dorothy Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Dorothy Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Edison Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Edison Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Edwards
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Edwards is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Egypt Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Egypt Lake is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Eldorado
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Eldorado is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Elizabeth
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Elizabeth is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Erin Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Erin Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Eureka
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Eureka is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Fair Ground Farms
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Fair Ground Farms is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Fishers
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Fishers is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Francis
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Francis is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Georgia Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Georgia Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Gilberts
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Gilberts is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Goldmine
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Goldmine is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Golf View Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Golf View Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Golf View Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Golf View Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Gray Gables
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Grove Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Grove Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Havana
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Havana is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Headford
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Headford is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Hibiscus Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Hibiscus Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Hick
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Hick is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Highway Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Highway Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Homelands
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Homelands is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Homestead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Homestead is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Horizon Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Horizon Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Ida
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Ida is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Ida Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Ida Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Idle Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Idle Forest is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Idle Grove Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Idle Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Jensen Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Jensen Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lake View Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lake View Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Lake View Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lamb
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lamb is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lincoln
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lincoln is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lincoln Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Lincoln Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lincoln Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Lincoln Square is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Louis Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Louis Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lyons
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Lyons is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Maine Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Maine Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Marco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Marco is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Masons
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Masons is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Meadowbrook
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Meadowbrook is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Michigan Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Michigan Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Michigan Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Michigan Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Mooreland
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Mooreland is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Nebraska Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Nebraska Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Oak Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Oak Grove is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Orange Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Orange Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Oriole
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Oriole is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Palm Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palm Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Palm Way
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Palm Way is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Paradise
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Park City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Park City is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Pine Level
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine Level is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Pine Terrace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pine Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Piney Woods
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Piney Woods is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Princess Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Princess Park is located in Hillsborough County
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    • River Haven
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • River Haven is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Riverwoods
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Riverwoods is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Rose
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Rose is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Rosedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Rosedale is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sparkman Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Sparkman Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Stonehouse
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Stonehouse is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Suburb Royal
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Suburb Royal is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburb Royal
    • Sunray Gardens
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Sunray Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sunrise
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sunrise is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Tanner Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Tanner Place is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Terra Nova
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Terra Nova is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Triangle Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Triangle Heights is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Tropical Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tropical Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Waco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Waco is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Willow Pines
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Willow Pines is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Wood Grove
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Wood Grove is located in Hillsborough County
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    • Woodlawn Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Woodlawn Park is located in Hillsborough County
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How Far From Hidden Haven 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 Hidden Haven to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the East Southeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 201 miles [323.5 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Hidden Haven to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 816 miles [1,313.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
  • The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,620 miles [10,653.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,288 miles [11,728.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,188 miles [8,349.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Hidden Haven) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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.
<3>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 Haven 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 Haven. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9754, Longitude: -82.4976       In this case, the coordinates for Hidden Haven have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.851 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.255 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.898 degrees.