Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Osceola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Osceola and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Osceola
- 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 Osceola:
- 28.793048, -81.059226
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Osceola
- 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Since Osceola is near Volusia County and also Brevard County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Volusia County
- eBird sighting report for Brevard 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Osceola ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Osceola.
There are two communities within Florida that are also named Osceola.
Beyond Florida, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Alachua County
- Hillsborough County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish
- This Osceola is located in Tangipahoa Parish and lies 569 miles [915.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Osceola that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tangipahoa Parish community of Osceola.
- Tensas Parish
- This Osceola is located in Tensas Parish and lies 645 miles [1,038 km] to the west northwest of the Osceola that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tensas Parish community of Osceola.
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Guilford County
- This Osceola is located in Guilford County and lies 520 miles [836.9 km]<2> to the north of the Osceola that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guilford County community of Osceola.
- Union 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 North Carolina community of Osceola [Union County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- This Osceola lies 1,183 miles [1,903.9 km]<2> to the north of the Osceola that is located in Seminole County.
- Pennsylvania
- Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Osceola [Centre County].
- Clearfield 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 Pennsylvania community of Osceola [Clearfield County].
- Tioga County
- This Osceola is located in Tioga County and lies 934 miles [1,503.1 km]<2> to the north of the Osceola that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Osceola.
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Osceola ...
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.
- Cow Creek
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Geigers Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Geigers Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geigers Landing
- Geigers Landing is located in Seminole County
- Geneva
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Geneva is located in Seminole County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Geneva <5>
- Indian Mound Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Mound Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
- Indian Mound Village is located in Seminole County
- Iowa City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - John H McIntosh Grant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John H McIntosh Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John H McIntosh Grant
- John H McIntosh Grant is located in Volusia County
- Lemon Bluff
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Bluff
- Lemon Bluff is located in Volusia County
- Maytown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maytown
- Maytown is located in Volusia County
- Palm Shadows
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palm Shadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Shadows
- Palm Shadows is located in Seminole County
- Snow Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Osceola 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 Osceola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Osceola and extending to:
- Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Osceola to Sanford, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 224 miles [360.5 km] to the west northwest (WNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 734 miles [1,181.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,516 miles [10,486.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,185 miles [11,563.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,084 miles [8,181.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Osceola. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Seminole County: www.seminolecountyfl.gov/
The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Osceola 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> | 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- Osceola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Osceola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7930, Longitude: -81.0592 In this case, the coordinates for Osceola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | 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 Osceola, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Osceola to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.149 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.557 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.263 degrees. |