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Tidbits & Trivia

Introduction ...

Below is our collection of tidbits and odds 'n ends for Live Oak Place.

Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Live Oak Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Live Oak Place and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Live Oak Place:
    • 27.925500, -82.501600<1>
    • 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 Live Oak Place
  • 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 Live Oak Place is near Pinellas County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas 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 Live Oak Place

Curious and Interesting Names Near Live Oak Place ...

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.

  • Ball
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Ball is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Beans
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Beans is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Bonnie Brae
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Bonnie Brae is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
  • Carol Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Carol Shores is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Shores
  • Caruthers
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Caruthers is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruthers
  • Casey
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Casey is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casey
  • Courier City
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Courier City is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courier City
  • Dixie
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Dixie is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Elenor Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Elenor Place is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elenor Place
  • Forest Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Forest Park is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
  • Goldmine
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Goldmine is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmine
  • Golf View Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Golf View Park is also located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Park
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Golf View Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Golf View Place is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Place
    • Gray Gables
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Gray Gables is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Havana
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Havana is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Hick
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Hick is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hick
    • Highway Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Highway Park is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park
    • Ida Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Ida Heights is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Jean Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jean Place is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Jenkins
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jenkins is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Kelloggs
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Kelloggs is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Knights Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Knights Landing is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lamb
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lamb is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lincoln
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lincoln is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lincoln Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lincoln Square is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Louis Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Louis Place is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Place
    • Luna Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Luna Park is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna Park
    • Madrid
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Madrid is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Masons
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Masons is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Minneola
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Minneola is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Near Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Near Bay is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Occident
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Occident is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occident
    • Oriole
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Oriole is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Overlook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Overlook is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Palm Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Palm Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Palm Way
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Palm Way is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Park City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Park City is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Picadilly
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Picadilly is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Rosedale
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Rosedale is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Seabreeze
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Seabreeze is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Seldomridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Seldomridge is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Stephanie Way
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Stephanie Way is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Stonehouse
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Stonehouse is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Stoney Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Stoney Point is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sunset Camp
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sunset Camp is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sunset Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Sunset Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Terra Nova
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Terra Nova is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Virginia Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Virginia Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Wood Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Wood Grove is also located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Grove

How Far From Live Oak Place 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 included the distance from a community such as Live Oak Place to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Live Oak Place and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 203 miles [326.7 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Live Oak Place to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 820 miles [1,319.7 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Footnotes ...

<1>GPS Coordinates for Live Oak Place:
     Decimal: 27.92550, -82.501600
     DDMMSS: 27° 55' 31", -82° 30' 5"
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Live Oak Place) 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 Live Oak Place 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 Live Oak Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9255, Longitude: -82.5016       In this case, the coordinates for Live Oak Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.849 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.246 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.909 degrees.