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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 Odessa Woods, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Odessa Woods 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 Odessa Woods:
- 28.170000, -82.554600
- 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 Odessa Woods
- 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 Odessa Woods is near Pasco County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas 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 Odessa Woods
Curious and Interesting Names Near Odessa Woods ...
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.
- Catherine Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Catherine Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine Park
- Council Crest
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Council Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council Crest
- Elysian Fields
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Elysian Fields is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elysian Fields
- Fern Glen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fern Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Glen
- Foxs Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Foxs Corner is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs Corner
- Frenchs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Frenchs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchs
- Great Lakes
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Great Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Great Lakes
- Gulf Pine
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Gulf Pine is located in Pasco County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf Pine
- Hammock Woods
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Hammock Woods is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammock Woods
- Heritage Harbor
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Heritage Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Harbor
- Heritage Harbor Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hidden Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hidden Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Lake
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Holly Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holly Lane is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Lane
- Hunters Glen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hunters Glen is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Glen
- Keystone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Keystone is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
- Keystone Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Beach is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Beach
- Keystone Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Cove
- Keystone Farms
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Farms is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Farms
- Keystone Grove Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Grove Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Grove Lakes
- Keystone Groves
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Groves is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Groves
- Keystone Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Keystone Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Shores
- Lake Abray
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Abray is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Abray
- Lake Calm
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Calm is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Calm
- Lake Fern
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Fern is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fern
- Lakeshore
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Lakeshore is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeshore
- Longboat Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Longboat Landing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longboat Landing
- Orange Blossom Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Orange Blossom Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Blossom Creek
- Post Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Post Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Shores
- Rainbow Terrace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rainbow Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Terrace
- Reflections
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Reflections is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reflections
- Rock Lake
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Rock Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Lake
- Rocky Pond
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rocky Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Pond
- Sapphire Lake
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sapphire Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapphire Lake
- Steeplechase
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Steeplechase is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
- Stillwater
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Stillwater is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater
- Swan Cove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swan Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Cove
- Triple Lake Shores
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Triple Lake Shores is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triple Lake Shores
- Triple Lakes
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Triple Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triple Lakes
How Far From Odessa Woods 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 Odessa Woods to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Odessa Woods and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Odessa Woods to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 187 miles [300.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 805 miles [1,295.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,613 miles [10,642.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,284 miles [11,722.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,182 miles [8,339.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Odessa Woods) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Odessa Woods 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 Odessa Woods. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1700, Longitude: -82.5546 In this case, the coordinates for Odessa Woods have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.896 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.334 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.876 degrees. |
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