Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Lithia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lithia and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Lithia
- 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 Lithia:
- 27.850474, -82.145564
- 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 Lithia
- 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 Lithia is near Polk County and also Manatee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Lithia ...
We found five communities that share the name Lithia.
Within Florida, the name Lithia is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- North Dakota
- Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Lithia ...
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.
- Cindy Lynn Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cindy Lynn Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cindy Lynn Place
- Cindy Lynn Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Doe Branch
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Branch
- Doe Branch is located in Hillsborough County
- Edge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east) - Edison
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Fish Hawk
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west) - Fish Hawk Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Hawk Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Hawk Farms
- Fish Hawk Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Fish Hawk Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fish Hawk Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Hawk Trails
- Fish Hawk Trails is located in Hillsborough County
- Great Oaks
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Great Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Oaks
- Great Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Hunters Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunters Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Hill
- Hunters Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Jacobs Run
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacobs Run have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Run
- Jacobs Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Natures Place
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natures Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natures Place
- Natures Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Pinecrest
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
- Pinecrest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinecrest <4>
- Pleasant Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Rogers Ranch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogers Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Ranch
- Rogers Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
- Welcome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Welcome is located in Hillsborough County
- Jacobs Run
How Far From Lithia 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 Lithia to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Lithia and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lithia to Tampa, with an average speed<5> 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 220 miles [354.1 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,276 miles [11,709.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lithia. 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 Lithia 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lithia) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lithia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8505, Longitude: -82.1456 |
| <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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Lithia to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.656 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.012 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.812 degrees. |