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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 Weir, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lake Weir 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 Weir:
- 29.019148, -81.988419
- 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 Weir
- 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 Marion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Since Lake Weir is near Lake County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Weir
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lake Weir ...
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.
- Cherry Lake
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cherry Lake is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Lake
- Danks Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Electra
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Electra is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Electra
- Lady Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Long Hammock
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Long Hammock is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Hammock
- Orange Blossom Hills
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Orange Blossom Hills is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Hills
- Royal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Royal is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Silver Springs Shores
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sunset Harbor
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Harbor is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Harbor
How Far From Lake Weir 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 Weir to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Lake Weir once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Lake Weir and extending to:
- Ocala, which is the Seat of Marion County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lake Weir to Ocala, 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 four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 168 miles [270.4 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 738 miles [1,187.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,549 miles [10,539.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,222 miles [11,622.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,118 miles [8,236.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lake Weir, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Lake Weir) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Lake Weir 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 Weir. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.0191, Longitude: -81.9884 In this case, the coordinates for Lake Weir have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.655 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.172 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.513 degrees. |
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