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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 Moss Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Moss Town 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 Moss Town:
- 28.459166, -82.180363
- 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 Moss Town
- 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 Pasco County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- Since Moss Town is near Hernando County and also Sumter County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hernando County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sumter 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 Moss Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Moss Town ...
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.
- Carver
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Carver is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carver
- Clay Sink
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Clay Sink is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Sink
- Dixie
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Dixie is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Garden Grove
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garden Grove is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Grove
- Hill 'n Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
- Lake Pasadena Heights
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lincoln Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lincoln Park is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Mabel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mabel is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Tarrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
- Tommytown
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Tommytown is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tommytown
- Wahoo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Wahoo is located in Sumter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
- Zephyrhills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
How Far From Moss Town to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Moss Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Moss Town and extending to:
- Dade City, which is the Seat of Pasco County, lies just to the South.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 186 miles [299.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Moss Town 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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 778 miles [1,252.1 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 31 days and walking would take 45 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,583 miles [10,594.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,253 miles [11,672.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,151 miles [8,289.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 from Point A (ie- Moss Town) 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 Moss Town 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 Moss Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.4592, Longitude: -82.1804 In this case, the coordinates for Moss Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.719 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.169 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.696 degrees. |
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