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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 Indian Mound Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Indian Mound Village 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 Indian Mound Village:
- 28.803326, -81.216730
- 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 Indian Mound Village
- 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Since Indian Mound Village is near Volusia County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Indian Mound Village
Communities Also Named Indian Mound Village ...
We found one communities that are also named Indian Mound Village.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Indian Mound Village.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Hillsborough County
- This Indian Mound Village is located in Hillsborough County and lies 90 miles [144.8 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Indian Mound Village that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Indian Mound Village.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Indian Mound Village ...
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.
- Dreamworld
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
- Enterprise
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Flora Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Flora Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Heights
- Geigers Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Geigers Landing is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigers Landing
- Lemon Bluff
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
- Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lordland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lordland is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordland
- Palm Shadows
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Palm Shadows is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Shadows
- Pinecrest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pinecrest is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Roseland Park
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Roseland Park is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park
How Far From Indian Mound Village 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 Indian Mound Village to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Indian Mound Village and extending to:
- Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 215 miles [346 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Indian Mound Village to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 736 miles [1,184.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,523 miles [10,497.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,192 miles [11,574.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,091 miles [8,193.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Indian Mound Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Indian Mound Village 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 Indian Mound Village. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8033, Longitude: -81.2167 In this case, the coordinates for Indian Mound Village have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.233 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.655 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.311 degrees. |
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