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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 Midway Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Midway Gardens 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 Midway Gardens:
    • 28.047200, -82.090800
    • 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 Midway Gardens
  • 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 Midway Gardens 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 Midway Gardens

Communities Also Named Midway Gardens ...

We found one communities that are also named Midway Gardens.

Within Florida, the name Midway Gardens is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Midway Gardens in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Michigan
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Midway Gardens [Monroe County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Midway Gardens ...

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 Water
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Big Water is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Water
  • Carolyn Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Carolyn Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolyn Gardens
  • Cherry Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cherry Hill is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
  • Cherry Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cherry Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Park
  • Colonial Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
  • Daily
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Daily is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daily
  • Four Seasons
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Four Seasons is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
  • Gordon Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Gordon Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Oaks
  • Ham Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Ham Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ham Oaks
  • Kings Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
  • Lee Villa
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lee Villa is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Villa
  • Lincoln Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Marshall Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Marshall Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
    • Mayday Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Mayday Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Oaks
    • Mimosa Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Mimosa Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
    • Mystic Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Mystic Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Oaks
    • Orange Court
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Orange Court is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Court
    • Orange Crest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Orange Crest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Crest
    • Paradise Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Paradise Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Oaks
    • Plant City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • School Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • School Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Park
    • Sweats
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sweats is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweats
    • Terry Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Terry Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Park

How Far From Midway Gardens 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 Midway Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Midway Gardens and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Midway Gardens to Tampa, with an average speed<4> 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 211 miles [339.6 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 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 803 miles [1,292.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 32 days and walking would take 46 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,598 miles [10,618.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,265 miles [11,691.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,165 miles [8,312.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Midway Gardens 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Midway Gardens) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Midway Gardens 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 Midway Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0472, Longitude: -82.0908       In this case, the coordinates for Midway Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.642 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.023 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.754 degrees.