Tidbits & Trivia
Introduction ...
Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Keys at Harbour Island.
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Keys at Harbour Island, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keys at Harbour Island 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 Keys at Harbour Island:
27.931500, -82.448800<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 Keys at Harbour Island
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 Keys at Harbour Island 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 Keys at Harbour Island
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keys at Harbour Island ...
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.
Archer (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Archer is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Ben Hur (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Ben Hur is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur Big Oaks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Big Oaks is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Oaks Blue Moon Court (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Blue Moon Court is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon Court Bonita (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Bonita is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Bonnie Brae (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Bonnie Brae is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae Bonniehaven (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Bonniehaven is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonniehaven Bryans (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Bryans is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryans Buffalo (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Buffalo is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Buffalo Gardens (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Buffalo Gardens is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Gardens Cairo (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Cairo is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cairo Canning (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Canning is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canning Continue List (109 more) ...
Caruthers (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Caruthers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruthers Casey (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Casey is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey Central Court (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Central Court is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Court Central Village (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Central Village is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Village Colony Key (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Colony Key is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Key Cones (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Cones is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cones Courier City (Less than 2 miles to the west)
Courier City is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courier City Crabcake (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Crabcake is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabcake Dills (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Dills is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills Dixie (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Dixie is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie Dorothy Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Dorothy Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy Park Edgewater Park (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Edgewater Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater Park Edison Park (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Edison Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison Park Eldorado (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Eldorado is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado Elenor Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Elenor Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elenor Place Elizabeth (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Elizabeth is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth Emma Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Emma Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma Heights Enterprise (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Enterprise is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise Erin Place (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Erin Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erin Place Estuary (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Estuary is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estuary Eucalyptus Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Eucalyptus Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eucalyptus Park Eureka (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Eureka is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Everett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Everett is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett Fishers (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Fishers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Francis (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Francis is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis Gardenville (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Gardenville is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardenville Gary (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Gary is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary Garytown (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Garytown is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garytown Geneva (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Geneva is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva Georgia Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Georgia Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgia Park Glovers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Glovers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glovers Goldmine (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Goldmine is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmine Golf View Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Golf View Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Park Golf View Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Golf View Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Place Goodwater (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Goodwater is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodwater Grand View (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Grand View is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View Gray Gables (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Gray Gables is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables Grove Heights (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Grove Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Heights Harbour Court (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Harbour Court is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Court Havana (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Havana is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana Hawks (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Hawks is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawks Hazard (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Hazard is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard Headford (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Headford is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headford Hick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Hick is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hick High Ridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
High Ridge is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Ridge High School Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
High School Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High School Heights Highway Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Highway Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park Homestead (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Homestead is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Horizon Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Horizon Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon Place Ida (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Ida is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Ida Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Ida Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Heights Island Place (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Island Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Place Jean Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Jean Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Place Jenkins (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Jenkins is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins Jensen Place (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Jensen Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jensen Place Jessie Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Jessie Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessie Heights Kelloggs (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Kelloggs is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs Knights Landing (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Knights Landing is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights Landing La Petite (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
La Petite is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petite Lamb (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lamb is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb Lewis Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Lewis Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis Heights Lincoln (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Lincoln is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Lincoln Square (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Lincoln Square is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Square Little Cuba (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Little Cuba is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cuba Live Oak Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Live Oak Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Place Louis Place (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Louis Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Place Lucky Strike (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lucky Strike is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucky Strike Lullaby Pines (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Lullaby Pines is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lullaby Pines Luna Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Luna Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna Park Lyons (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Lyons is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyons Madrid (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Madrid is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid Maine Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Maine Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maine Park Marie Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Marie Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie Heights Masons (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Masons is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mattie (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mattie is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mattie Meadowbrook (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Meadowbrook is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowbrook Michigan Heights (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Michigan Heights is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Heights Michigan Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Michigan Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Park Minneola (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Minneola is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneola Mooreland (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Mooreland is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mooreland Murray (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Murray is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray Near Bay (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Near Bay is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Near Bay Nebraska Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Nebraska Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nebraska Park Nix (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Nix is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nix Oriole (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Oriole is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole Palm River (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
Palm River is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm River Panama (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Panama is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panama Park City (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Park City is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City Pierce (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Pierce is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Piney Woods (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Piney Woods is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Woods Princess Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Princess Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princess Park River Haven (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
River Haven is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Haven Riverwoods (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Riverwoods is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverwoods Rosedale (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Rosedale is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Salmon (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Salmon is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon Seabreeze (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
Seabreeze is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seabreeze Seldomridge (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Seldomridge is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seldomridge Sparkman Place (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Sparkman Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparkman Place Stonehouse (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Stonehouse is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehouse Suburb Royal (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Suburb Royal is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburb Royal Tanner Place (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Tanner Place is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Place Terra Nova (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Terra Nova is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Nova Thrashers (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Thrashers is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrashers Tropical Terrace (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
Tropical Terrace is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Terrace Virginia Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Virginia Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park Watch Hill (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
Watch Hill is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watch Hill Wood Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Wood Grove is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Grove Woodlawn Park (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Woodlawn Park is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Park Zephyr Grove (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Zephyr Grove is also located in Hillsborough County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zephyr Grove
How Far From Keys at Harbour Island 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 included the distance from a community such as Keys at Harbour Island 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 North.Tallahassee , which is the State Capital of Florida , lies 205 miles [329.9 km]<2> Tallahassee , with an average speed<3> The White House (Washington, DC) is 818 miles [1,316.4 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 7,288 miles [11,728.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Keys at Harbour Island. 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 Keys at Harbour Island: 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 from Point A (ie- Keys at Harbour Island) 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 Keys at Harbour Island 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 305.215 degrees. The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.891 degrees.