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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 Oponys Town, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Oponys 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 Oponys Town:
- 27.783641, -81.799804
- 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 Oponys 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 Polk County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Since Oponys Town is near Hardee County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardee County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hillsborough 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 Oponys Town
Curious and Interesting Names Near Oponys 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.
- Bonnie
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bonnie is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonnie
- Bowling Green
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gordonville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gordonville is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
- Homeland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lyle Corner
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lyle Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyle Corner
- Pebbledale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pebbledale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebbledale
- Pierce
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Rolling Hills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Rolling Hills is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Hills
- Tiger Bay
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tiger Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bay
How Far From Oponys Town 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 Oponys Town to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Oponys Town once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Oponys Town and extending to:
- Bartow, which is the Seat of Polk County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Oponys Town to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 814 miles [1,310 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 6,596 miles [10,615.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,261 miles [11,685.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,163 miles [8,309 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Oponys Town, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Oponys Town) 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 Oponys 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 Oponys Town. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.7836, Longitude: -81.7998 In this case, the coordinates for Oponys Town have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.47 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.788 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.717 degrees. |
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