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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 Inverness Highlands South, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Inverness Highlands South and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Inverness Highlands South
- 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 Inverness Highlands South:
- 28.799492, -82.330549
- 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 Inverness Highlands South
- 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 Citrus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Citrus County
- Since Inverness Highlands South is near Sumter County and also Hernando County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando 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 Inverness Highlands South
Curious and Interesting Names Near Inverness Highlands South ...
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.
- Big Hammock ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Big Hammock is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hammock
- Black Diamond
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
- Floral City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hernando
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Holder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Lindsey
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lake Lindsey is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lindsey
- Pine Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
- Rutland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rutland is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Sugarmill Woods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarmill Woods is located in Citrus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarmill Woods
- Wahoo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Wahoo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
How Far From Inverness Highlands South to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Inverness Highlands South to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Inverness Highlands South and extending to:
- Inverness, which is the Seat of Citrus County, lies just to the North.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 162 miles [260.7 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Inverness Highlands South to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 760 miles [1,223.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,247 miles [11,662.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,143 miles [8,276.9 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 '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- Inverness Highlands South) 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 Inverness Highlands South to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.823 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.336 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.672 degrees. |
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