Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Paola, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Paola and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Paola
- 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 Paola:
- 28.793882, -81.362845
- 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 Paola
- 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 Paola is near Lake County and also Volusia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Lake County
- eBird sighting report for Volusia 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 Paola ...
We found three communities that share the name Paola.
There is one other community in Florida which is also named Paola.
Beyond Florida, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Kansas
Curious and Interesting Names Near Paola ...
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.
- Bookertown
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bookertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookertown
- Bookertown is located in Seminole County
- Crystal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Heights
- Crystal Heights is located in Seminole County
- Crystal Point
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Point have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Crystal Point is located in Seminole County
- Dreamworld
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dreamworld have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
- Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
- Elder Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elder Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Springs
- Elder Springs is located in Seminole County
- Ethel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Lake Mary
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mary
- Lake Mary is located in Seminole County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,486 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Mary <5>
- Lake View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast) - Lincoln Heights
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lincoln Heights is located in Seminole County
- Lock Arbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lock Arbor have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Arbor
- Lock Arbor is located in Seminole County
- Longdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Pinecrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Paola 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 Paola to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Paola and extending to:
- Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<3> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Paola to Tallahassee, with an average speed<6>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 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 740 miles [1,190.9 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 6,530 miles [10,509 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,200 miles [11,587.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,098 miles [8,204.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Paola. 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 Paola 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> | 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 Paola, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7939, Longitude: -81.3628 In this case, the coordinates for Paola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Paola 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 310.309 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.742 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.36 degrees. |