Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village

• 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 Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village:
  • 28.933333, -81.664722
  • 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 Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village

• 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
  • Since Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village is near Marion County and also Orange County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Orange 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 Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village ...

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.

• Big Scrub
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Scrub is located in Marion County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Scrub
• Chain O'Lakes
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Chain O'Lakes is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chain O'Lakes
• Confer
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Confer is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Confer
• Dublin
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dublin is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
• Grand Island
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand Island is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Island
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Island <1>
• Harbor Shores
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Harbor Shores is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Shores
• Lisbon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lisbon is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
• Mount Homer
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mount Homer is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Homer
• Orange Bend
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange Bend is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Bend
• Paisley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Paisley is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paisley <1>
• Silver Lake
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Lake is located in Lake County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake

How Far From Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village 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 Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village and extending to:

• Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lakeview Terrace Retirement Village to Tavares, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 188 miles [302.6 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 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 737 miles [1,186.1 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,538 miles [10,521.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,209 miles [11,601.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,106 miles [8,217.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'