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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 Manhattan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Manhattan 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 Manhattan:
- 27.945800, -82.518600
- 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 Manhattan
- 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 Manhattan 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 Manhattan
Communities Also Named Manhattan ...
We found eighteen communities that are also named Manhattan.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Manhattan.
Beyond Florida, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Manatee County
- This Manhattan is located in Manatee County and lies 32 miles [51.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Manatee County community of Manhattan.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Larimer County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Manhattan [Larimer County].
- Illinois
- Will County
- This Manhattan is located in Will County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Will County community of Manhattan.
- Indiana
- Putnam County
- This Manhattan is located in Putnam County and lies 840 miles [1,351.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Putnam County community of Manhattan.
- Iowa
- Keokuk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Manhattan [Keokuk County].
- Kansas
- Riley County
- This Manhattan is located in Riley County and lies 1,119 miles [1,800.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Riley County community of Manhattan.
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- This Manhattan is located in Washington County and lies 616 miles [991.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Manhattan.
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- This Manhattan is located in Gallatin County and lies 1,996 miles [3,212.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gallatin County community of Manhattan.
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- Although located in Dodge County, we don't know the location within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dodge County community of Manhattan.
- Nevada
- Nye County
- This Manhattan is located in Nye County and lies 2,110 miles [3,395.7 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nye County community of Manhattan.
- New York
- New York County
- This Manhattan is located in New York County and lies 1,010 miles [1,625.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New York County community of Manhattan.
- Ohio
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Manhattan [Allen County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Manhattan [Jefferson County].
- Lawrence County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Manhattan [Lawrence County].
- Lucas County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Lucas County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Manhattan.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- This Manhattan is located in Tioga County and lies 993 miles [1,598.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Manhattan.
- Texas
- Matagorda County
- This community is historic<2> and although located in Matagorda County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Matagorda County community of Manhattan.
- Utah
- Weber County
- This Manhattan is located in Weber County and lies 1,894 miles [3,048.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Manhattan that is located in Hillsborough County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weber County community of Manhattan.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Manhattan ...
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 south)
- Ball is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
- Beans
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Beans is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Bonnie Brae
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Bonnie Brae is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie Brae
- Carol Shores
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Carol Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carol Shores
- Caruthers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Caruthers is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruthers
- Cloverdale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Cornerstone Plaza
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cornerstone Plaza is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornerstone Plaza
- Elenor Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Elenor Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elenor Place
- Fishers
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fishers is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers
- Forest Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Forest Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Park
- Goldmine
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Goldmine is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldmine
- Golf View Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Golf View Park is 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 southeast)
- Golf View Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Place
- Gray Gables
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Gray Gables is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray Gables
- Havana
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Havana is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havana
- Highway Park
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Highway Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Park
- Horizon Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Horizon Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon Place
- Ida Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Ida Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Heights
- Jean Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jean Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jean Place
- Kelloggs
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kelloggs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelloggs
- Lamb
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lamb is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
- Lincoln
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lincoln is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Lincoln Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Lincoln Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Gardens
- Lincoln Square
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Lincoln Square is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Square
- Live Oak Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Live Oak Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Place
- Louis Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Louis Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louis Place
- Masons
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Masons is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons
- Michigan Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Michigan Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michigan Heights
- Minneola
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Minneola is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneola
- Occident
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Occident is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occident
- Oriole
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oriole is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oriole
- Overlook
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Overlook is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overlook
- Palm Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Palm Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Park
- Palm Way
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Palm Way is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Way
- Paradise
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Park City
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Park City is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
- Picadilly
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Picadilly is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picadilly
- Rosedale
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rosedale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Seldomridge
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Seldomridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seldomridge
- Stephanie Way
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Stephanie Way is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephanie Way
- Stonehouse
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Stonehouse is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonehouse
- Stoney Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stoney Point is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Point
- Sunset Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Sunset Beach is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Sunset Camp
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Camp is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Camp
- Sunset Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sunset Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Park
- Terra Nova
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Terra Nova is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terra Nova
- Triangle Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Triangle Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triangle Heights
- Virginia Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Virginia Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia Park
- Wood Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Wood Grove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Grove
How Far From Manhattan 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 Manhattan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Manhattan and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Manhattan 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 819 miles [1,318.1 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 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Manhattan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Manhattan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 Manhattan 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. |
| <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 Manhattan 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 Manhattan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9458, Longitude: -82.5186 In this case, the coordinates for Manhattan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.86 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.261 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.911 degrees. |
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