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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 Terrace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rolling Terrace 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 Terrace:
    • 28.034600, -82.366800
    • 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 Rolling Terrace
  • 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 Rolling Terrace 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 Rolling Terrace

Communities Also Named Rolling Terrace ...

We found one communities that are also named Rolling Terrace.

Within Florida, the name Rolling Terrace is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Rolling Terrace in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Rolling Terrace [Montgomery County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Terrace ...

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.

  • Arabian Acres
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Arabian Acres is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabian Acres
  • Clearview
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Clearview is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
  • Cypress Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Cypress Point is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Point
  • Golden Ring Groves
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Ring Groves is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Ring Groves
  • Golden Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Terrace
  • Harris Landings
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Harris Landings is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Landings
  • Hidden Creek
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hidden Creek is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek
  • Highland
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Highland is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Linda Diane
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Linda Diane is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linda Diane
  • Marian
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Marian is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marian
  • Mendoza
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mendoza is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendoza
  • Pilgrims Place
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Pilgrims Place is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Place
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Puritan Heights
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Puritan Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puritan Heights
    • River Bluffs
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • River Bluffs is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bluffs
    • River Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • River Run is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
    • Riveredge
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Riveredge is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riveredge
    • Royal Greens
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Royal Greens is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Greens
    • Rustic Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rustic Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Village
    • Temple Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Temple Heights is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Heights
    • Temple Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Temple Hills is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Hills
    • Temple Knoll
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Temple Knoll is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Knoll
    • Temple Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Temple Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Oaks
    • Temple Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Temple Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Park
    • Terrace Highlands
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Terrace Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Highlands
    • Terrace Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Terrace Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Hill
    • Terrace Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Terrace Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Oaks
    • Terrace Overlook
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Terrace Overlook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Overlook
    • Terrace Park
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Terrace Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Park
    • Terrace River
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Terrace River is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace River
    • Terrace Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Terrace Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Village
    • Terrace Walk
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Terrace Walk is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Walk
    • University Square
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • University Square is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Square
    • Vista Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Vista Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Ridge
    • Whisper Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Whisper Cove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Cove

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rolling Terrace and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 202 miles [325.1 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Rolling Terrace to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,611 miles [10,639.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • 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).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Terrace 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rolling Terrace) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Terrace 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 Rolling Terrace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0346, Longitude: -82.3668       In this case, the coordinates for Rolling Terrace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.787 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.189 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.844 degrees.