Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Knights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Knights and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Knights
- 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 Knights:
- 28.076540, -82.137962
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Knights
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since Knights is near Pasco County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- eBird sighting report for Polk 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Knights ...
We found five communities that share the name Knights.
Within Florida, the name Knights is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Edgecombe 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 North Carolina community of Knights [Edgecombe County].
- Henderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Knights [Henderson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Knights ...
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.
- Carolyn Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carolyn Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolyn Gardens
- Carolyn Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Cattlemans Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cattlemans Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattlemans Cove
- Cattlemans Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Deer Creek Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deer Creek Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek Hollow
- Deer Creek Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Gator Trail
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gator Trail have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gator Trail
- Gator Trail is located in Hillsborough County
- Ham Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Horn Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Acres
- Horn Acres is located in Hillsborough County
- Leaning Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaning Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaning Pine
- Leaning Pine is located in Hillsborough County
- Miley Trace
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miley Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Trace
- Miley Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Mystic Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Oaks
- Mystic Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Paradise Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Oaks
- Paradise Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Ramblin Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramblin Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramblin Oaks
- Ramblin Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Rustic Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks
- Rustic Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Rustic Oaks Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Oaks Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks Plantation
- Rustic Oaks Plantation is located in Hillsborough County
How Far From Knights 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 Knights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Knights and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Knights to Tampa, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 802 miles [1,290.7 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 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,166 miles [8,313.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Knights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Knights 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' (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- Knights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0765, Longitude: -82.1380 |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Knights to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.669 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.059 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.763 degrees. |