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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 Rolling Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Acres and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Rolling Acres:
    • 27.899100, -82.258400
    • 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 Rolling Acres
  • 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 Rolling Acres ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Rolling Acres.

Within Florida, the name Rolling Acres is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Coffee County and lies 318 miles [511.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Mobile County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Mobile County and lies 403 miles [648.6 km] to the west northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Montgomery County and lies 388 miles [624.4 km] to the northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Acres.
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Dougherty County and lies 275 miles [442.6 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dougherty County community of Rolling Acres.
    • Illinois
      • Champaign County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rolling Acres [Champaign County].
      • Peoria 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 Illinois community of Rolling Acres [Peoria County].
    • Indiana
      • Warrick County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Warrick County and lies 759 miles [1,221.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Warrick County community of Rolling Acres.
    • Louisiana
      • East Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Rolling Acres is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 565 miles [909.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Rolling Acres.
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Calvert County and lies 809 miles [1,302 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rolling Acres [Carroll County].
      • Howard County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Howard County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Howard County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Montgomery County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Montgomery County and lies 828 miles [1,332.5 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Prince George's County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Prince George's County and lies 811 miles [1,305.2 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince George's County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Saint Mary's County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Saint Mary's County and lies 797 miles [1,282.6 km] to the north northeast of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Mary's County community of Rolling Acres.
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Davidson County and lies 572 miles [920.5 km]<1> to the north of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 518 miles [833.6 km] to the north of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Rolling Acres.
    • Tennessee
      • Hamblen County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Hamblen County and lies 574 miles [923.8 km]<1> to the north of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamblen County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rolling Acres [Jefferson County].
      • Sumner County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Sumner County and lies 634 miles [1,020.3 km] to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumner County community of Rolling Acres.
      • White County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in White County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km] to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Williamson County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Williamson County and lies 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Williamson County community of Rolling Acres.
    • Texas
      • Jim Wells County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Jim Wells County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the west of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jim Wells County community of Rolling Acres.
      • Nueces County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rolling Acres [Nueces County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • This Rolling Acres is located in Dane County and lies 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Rolling Acres that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dane County community of Rolling Acres.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Acres ...

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.

  • Canter
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canter
    • Canter is located in Hillsborough County
  • Carriage Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carriage Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Park
    • Carriage Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Chickasaw Meadows
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chickasaw Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Meadows
    • Chickasaw Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
  • Cinnamon Trace
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cinnamon Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cinnamon Trace
    • Cinnamon Trace is located in Hillsborough County
  • Eden Wood
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eden Wood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Wood
    • Eden Wood is located in Hillsborough County
  • Gallery Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallery Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallery Gardens
    • Gallery Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
  • Greenhills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenhills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhills
    • Greenhills is located in Hillsborough County
  • Harvest Field
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harvest Field have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Field
    • Harvest Field is located in Hillsborough County
  • Hickory Hammock
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hammock
    • Hickory Hammock is located in Hillsborough County
  • Hickory Highlands
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Highlands
    • Hickory Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
  • Hidden Forest
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Forest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Forest
    • Hidden Forest is located in Hillsborough County
  • Holiday Hills
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holiday Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
    • Holiday Hills is located in Hillsborough County
  • Continue List   (12 more) ...
    • Hunter Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
      • Hunter Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Legends Pass
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legends Pass have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legends Pass
      • Legends Pass is located in Hillsborough County
    • Mason Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason Oaks
      • Mason Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Oak Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
      • Oak Landing is located in Hillsborough County
    • Park Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Park Meadow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadow
      • Park Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
    • Ridge Court
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Court have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Court
      • Ridge Court is located in Hillsborough County
    • Ridge Dale
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge Dale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Dale
      • Ridge Dale is located in Hillsborough County
    • Rolling Meadows
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rolling Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
      • Rolling Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
    • Shady Oaks Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Oaks Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks Park
      • Shady Oaks Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Sugarloaf Ridge
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugarloaf Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarloaf Ridge
      • Sugarloaf Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
    • Timber Knoll
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Knoll have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Knoll
      • Timber Knoll is located in Hillsborough County
    • Wildwood Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hollow
      • Wildwood Hollow is located in Hillsborough County

How Far From Rolling Acres 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 Rolling Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Rolling Acres and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Acres to Tampa, with an average speed<4> 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 213 miles [342.8 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 816 miles [1,313.2 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 6,612 miles [10,641 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,180 miles [8,336.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rolling Acres. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hillsborough County: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolling Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rolling Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8991, Longitude: -82.2584       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Acres have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Rolling Acres 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.
<3>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.
<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 Rolling Acres to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.719 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.092 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.838 degrees.




 

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