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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 Sarasota Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sarasota Heights 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 Sarasota Heights:
- 27.313102, -82.529542
- 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 Sarasota Heights
- 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 Sarasota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sarasota County
- Since Sarasota Heights is near Manatee County and also Hillsborough County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Sarasota Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sarasota Heights ...
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.
- Bee Ridge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Fordville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Fordville is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordville
- Fruitville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Longboat Key
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pinecraft
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Siesta Key
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sunnyland
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sunnyland is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Sunrise
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Sunrise is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
How Far From Sarasota Heights 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 Sarasota Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Sarasota Heights and extending to:
- Sarasota, which is the Seat of Sarasota County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 240 miles [386.2 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sarasota Heights to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>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 860 miles [1,384 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,651 miles [10,703.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,316 miles [11,774 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,218 miles [8,397.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sarasota Heights) 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 Sarasota Heights 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 Sarasota Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.3131, Longitude: -82.5295 In this case, the coordinates for Sarasota Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.814 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.122 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.041 degrees. |
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