Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sebring Shores, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sebring Shores and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Sebring Shores

• 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 Sebring Shores:
  • 27.531980, -81.474797
  • 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 Sebring Shores

• 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 Highlands County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Highlands County
  • Since Sebring Shores is near Polk County and also Hardee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hardee 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 Sebring Shores

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sebring Shores ...

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.

• Alpine
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Alpine is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
• Coker
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Coker is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
• Crewsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Crewsville is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewsville
• De Soto City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • De Soto City is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Soto City
• Fort Kissimmee
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Fort Kissimmee is located in Okeechobee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kissimmee
• Frostproof
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Frostproof is located in Polk County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frostproof
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frostproof <1>
• Griffins Corner
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
• Lemon Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
• Placid Lakes
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Placid Lakes is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placid Lakes
• Plains
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Plains is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
• Sweetwater
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sweetwater is located in Hardee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
• Wild Island
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Wild Island is located in Highlands County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wild Island

How Far From Sebring Shores 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 Sebring Shores to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Sebring, which is the Seat of Highlands County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 262 miles [421.6 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Sebring Shores to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 825 miles [1,327.7 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,592 miles [10,608.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,255 miles [11,675.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,159 miles [8,302.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'