Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Hodges Shady Grove.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Hodges Shady Grove, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hodges Shady Grove 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 Hodges Shady Grove:
27.989700, -82.439900<1>
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 Hodges Shady Grove
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 Hodges Shady Grove 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 Hodges Shady Grove
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hodges Shady Grove ...
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.
Aurora (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Aurora is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora Big Oaks (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Big Oaks is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oaks Blue Moon Court (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Blue Moon Court is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon Court Bonita (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bonita is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Bonniehaven (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Bonniehaven is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonniehaven Bryans (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Bryans is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Buffalo (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Buffalo is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Buffalo Gardens (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Buffalo Gardens is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gardens Canning (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Canning is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canning Catherine City (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Catherine City is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine City Central Court (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Central Court is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Court Central Village (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Central Village is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village Continue List (85 more) ...
Citrus Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Citrus Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Park Cones (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Cones is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones Crest Place (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Crest Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crest Place Curlin Place (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Curlin Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlin Place Dorothy Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Dorothy Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy Park Eastern Heights (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Eastern Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastern Heights Edwards (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Edwards is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards Eldorado (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Eldorado is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Elizabeth (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Elizabeth is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Emma Heights (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Emma Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Heights Erin Place (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Erin Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Place Eureka (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Eureka is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Evelyn City (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Evelyn City is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evelyn City Francis (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Francis is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Friendship (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Friendship is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Geneva (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Geneva is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Georgia Park (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Georgia Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Park Georgia Terrace (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Georgia Terrace is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Terrace Glovers (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Glovers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Golden (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Golden is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Goodwater (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Goodwater is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater Grand View (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Grand View is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Grove Hill Heights (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Grove Hill Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Hill Heights Harmony Heights (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Harmony Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Heights Harris Branch (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Harris Branch is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Branch Hazard (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Hazard is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Headford (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Headford is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headford Healthy Hill (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Healthy Hill is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Healthy Hill Hiawatha Highlands (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Hiawatha Highlands is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha Highlands High Ridge (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
High Ridge is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge High School Heights (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
High School Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights Highland View (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Highland View is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland View Hill Top Heights (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Hill Top Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Top Heights Homestead (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Homestead is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Ida (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Ida is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Independence Square (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Independence Square is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence Square Jensen Place (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Jensen Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Place La Petite (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
La Petite is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petite Lewis Heights (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Lewis Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Heights Little Cuba (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Little Cuba is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cuba Lullaby Pines (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Lullaby Pines is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lullaby Pines Manor Heights (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Manor Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Heights Marie (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Marie is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie Marie Heights (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Marie Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie Heights Mattie (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mattie is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Meadowbrook (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Meadowbrook is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook Mooreland (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Mooreland is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland Mossy Oaks (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Mossy Oaks is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Oaks Murray (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Murray is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Nebraska Park (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Nebraska Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska Park Oak Tree (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Oak Tree is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Orange Heights (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Orange Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Heights Palm (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Palm is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Panama (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Panama is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama Peeler Heights (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Peeler Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeler Heights Pierce (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Pierce is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Pine Level (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Pine Level is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Level Piney Woods (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Piney Woods is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods Prince (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Prince is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Rainbow Heights (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Rainbow Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Heights Record Grove (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Record Grove is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Record Grove River Haven (Less than 2 miles to the west)
River Haven is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven Riverbend (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Riverbend is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverbend Rose (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Rose is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Salmon (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Salmon is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Sandy Ridge (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Sandy Ridge is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge Shadowlawn (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Shadowlawn is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowlawn Shady Nook (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Shady Nook is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Nook Shady Rest (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Shady Rest is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Rest Silver Moon (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Silver Moon is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Moon Sparkman Place (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Sparkman Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman Place Sultana Glade (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Sultana Glade is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sultana Glade Sunnyside (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Sunnyside is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Sunray Hills (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Sunray Hills is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunray Hills Susieanna (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Susieanna is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susieanna Tanner Place (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Tanner Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Place Thrashers (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Thrashers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrashers Tripoli Place (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Tripoli Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tripoli Place Unity Circle (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Unity Circle is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Circle Vine Park (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Vine Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Park Vista Bonita (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Vista Bonita is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Bonita Watch Hill (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Watch Hill is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill Woodland Terrace (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Woodland Terrace is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Terrace Zephyr Grove (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Zephyr Grove is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr Grove Zion Height (Less than 2 miles to the east)
Zion Height is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Height
How Far From Hodges Shady Grove 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 included the distance from a community such as Hodges Shady Grove to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2>
Tampa , which is the Seat of Hillsborough County , lies just to the South Southwest.Tallahassee , which is the State Capital of Florida , lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> Tallahassee , with an average speed<3> The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 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<4> <5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hodges Shady Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for Hillsborough County: https://hcfl.gov/
The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> GPS Coordinates for Hodges Shady Grove: 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- Hodges Shady Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. 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. 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 Hodges Shady Grove to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.822 degrees. The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.223 degrees. The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.877 degrees.