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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 Lake Sarasota, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Sarasota 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 Lake Sarasota:
- 27.292548, -82.437595
- 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 Lake Sarasota
- 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 Sarasota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sarasota County
- Since Lake Sarasota is near Manatee County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Lake Sarasota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Sarasota ...
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.
- Bee Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Fordville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fordville is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
- Fruitville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lorraine
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Lorraine is located in Manatee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorraine
- Pinecraft
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Shiney Town
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Shiney Town is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiney Town
- Siesta Key
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Sunnyland is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Sunrise
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sunrise is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Lake Sarasota 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 Lake Sarasota to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lake Sarasota and extending to:
- Sarasota, which is the Seat of Sarasota County, lies just to the West Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 244 miles [392.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Lake Sarasota 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 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 859 miles [1,382.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,648 miles [10,698.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,313 miles [11,769.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,215 miles [8,392.7 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lake Sarasota) 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 Lake Sarasota 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 Lake Sarasota. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.2925, Longitude: -82.4376 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Sarasota have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.765 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.061 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.016 degrees. |
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