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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 Lakewood Hills, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lakewood Hills 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 Lakewood Hills:
- 27.956700, -82.308300
- 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 Lakewood Hills
- 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 Lakewood Hills is near Polk County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk 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 Lakewood Hills
Communities Also Named Lakewood Hills ...
We found four communities that are also named Lakewood Hills.
Within Florida, the name Lakewood Hills is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- This Lakewood Hills is located in Jefferson County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Lakewood Hills that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Lakewood Hills.
- Indiana
- Vanderburgh County
- This Lakewood Hills is located in Vanderburgh County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Lakewood Hills that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vanderburgh County community of Lakewood Hills.
- Massachusetts
- Barnstable County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lakewood Hills [Barnstable County].
- South Carolina
- Spartanburg County
- This Lakewood Hills is located in Spartanburg County and lies 484 miles [778.9 km]<1> to the north of the Lakewood Hills that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Spartanburg County community of Lakewood Hills.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lakewood Hills ...
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 Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Big Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Pines
- Camelot
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Camelot is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Carriage Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Carriage Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Crossing
- Dixie View
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Dixie View is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie View
- Eden Park
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Eden Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Park
- Eleven Mile Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Eleven Mile Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile Hill
- Fishers Farms
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Fishers Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Farms
- Garden Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
- Gold Coast
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gold Coast is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Coast
- Greenewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Greenewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenewood
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Hillcrest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillcrest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Continue List (30 more) ...
- Hillside
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hillside is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Hollowtree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hollowtree is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtree
- Hunters Cove
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hunters Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
- Jacobs Place
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jacobs Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Place
- Keebler
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Keebler is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keebler
- Kingstowne Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Kingstowne Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstowne Place
- Kingsway Downs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kingsway Downs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Downs
- Kingsway Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Kingsway Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Gardens
- Kingsway Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kingsway Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Heights
- Kingsway Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsway Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Oaks
- Krebs
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Krebs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krebs
- Lakeview Village
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
- Lawndale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lawndale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Long Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Long Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Mango
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Mango Groves
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mango Groves is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Groves
- Mango Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Mango Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mango Hills
- Mirror Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mirror Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Crest
- Mirror Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Orangewood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Orangewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangewood
- Parsons Reserve
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Parsons Reserve is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Reserve
- Raven Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Raven Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven Oaks
- Ravenwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ravenwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Rolling Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Shadow Bay
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Shadow Bay is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadow Bay
- Shady Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shady Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Tangelo
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Tangelo is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo
- Timber Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Timber Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Timber Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Timber Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pond
- Williams Crossing
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Williams Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williams Crossing
How Far From Lakewood Hills 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 Lakewood Hills to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lakewood Hills and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the West.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Lakewood Hills to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lakewood Hills) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lakewood Hills 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. |
| <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 Lakewood Hills 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 Lakewood Hills. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9567, Longitude: -82.3083 In this case, the coordinates for Lakewood Hills have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.75 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.135 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.842 degrees. |
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