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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 Keystone Park, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Keystone Park 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 Keystone Park:
- 28.144853, -82.645629
- 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 Keystone Park
- 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 Keystone Park 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 Keystone Park
Communities Also Named Keystone Park ...
We found two communities that are also named Keystone Park.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Keystone Park.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Keystone Park in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Pasco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Keystone Park [Pasco County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- New York
- Orange County
- This Keystone Park is located in Orange County and lies 1,030 miles [1,657.6 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Keystone Park that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Keystone Park.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Keystone Park ...
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.
- Council Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Council Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Crest
- Garden Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Garden Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lake
- Gulf Pine
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gulf Pine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Pine
- Keystone
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keystone Beach is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Beach
- Keystone Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Cove
- Keystone Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Keystone Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Farms
- Keystone Grove Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone Grove Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Grove Lakes
- Keystone Shores
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Keystone Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Shores
- Lake Abray
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lake Abray is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Abray
- Lake Calm
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lake Calm is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Calm
- Lake Julia
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Julia is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Julia
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Nine Eagles
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nine Eagles is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Eagles
- Post Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Post Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Shores
- Rainbow Terrace
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rainbow Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Terrace
- Steeplechase
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Steeplechase is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Swan Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Swan Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Cove
- Trinity
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
How Far From Keystone Park 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 Keystone Park to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Keystone Park and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<2> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Keystone Park to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 186 miles [299.3 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 809 miles [1,302 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,289 miles [11,730.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Keystone Park could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Keystone Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Keystone Park 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 Keystone Park. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1449, Longitude: -82.6456 In this case, the coordinates for Keystone Park have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.943 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.384 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.911 degrees. |
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