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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 Shadow Bay, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shadow Bay 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 Shadow Bay:
- 27.943700, -82.271500
- 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 Shadow Bay
- 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 Shadow Bay is near Polk County and also Pasco 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 Pasco 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 Shadow Bay
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shadow Bay ...
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.
- Angel Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Angel Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Run
- Bent Tree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bent Tree is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Tree
- Bonterra
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bonterra is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonterra
- Breezy Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Breezy Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Meadows
- Camelot
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Camelot is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camelot
- Carriage Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carriage Crossing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Crossing
- Carriage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carriage Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carriage Park
- Chickasaw Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Chickasaw Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw Meadows
- Citrus Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Citrus Wood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Wood
- Copper Ridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Copper Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Ridge
- Diamond Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Diamond Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Hill
- Eden Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Eden Wood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden Wood
- Continue List (49 more) ...
- Eleven Mile Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Eleven Mile Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eleven Mile Hill
- Garden Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Oaks
- Greenewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Greenewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenewood
- Grove Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Grove Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Park
- Harder Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harder Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harder Oaks
- Harvest Field
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harvest Field is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvest Field
- Heritage Crest
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Heritage Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Crest
- Hickory Hammock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Hickory Hammock is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hammock
- Hickory Lakes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Lakes
- Hillside
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hillside is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
- Holiday Hills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Holiday Hills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holiday Hills
- Hollowtree
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hollowtree is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollowtree
- Hunters Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hunters Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Cove
- Jacobs Place
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jacobs Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobs Place
- Jerrys
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jerrys is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerrys
- Kings Mill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Kings Mill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mill
- Kingstowne Place
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kingstowne Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingstowne Place
- Kingsway Downs
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Kingsway Downs is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Downs
- Kingsway Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kingsway Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Gardens
- Kingsway Heights
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Kingsway Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Heights
- Kingsway Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kingsway Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway Oaks
- Kingswood Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kingswood Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingswood Heights
- Lake View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lake View is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lakeview Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Village
- Lawndale
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lawndale is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
- Legends Pass
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Legends Pass is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legends Pass
- Leonard
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Leonard is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Long Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Long Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Pond
- Martin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Martin is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Mirror Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mirror Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Crest
- Mirror Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mirror Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirror Lake
- Oak Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Oak Landing is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Landing
- Orangewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Orangewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orangewood
- Park Meadow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Park Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Meadow
- Parsons Reserve
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Parsons Reserve is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parsons Reserve
- Ravenwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ravenwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenwood
- Ridge Court
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ridge Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge Court
- Rolling Meadows
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rolling Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Meadows
- Rolling Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rolling Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Oaks
- Royal Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Royal Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal Oaks
- Shady Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shady Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Hollow
- Shady Oaks Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Shady Oaks Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Oaks Park
- Tangelo
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Tangelo is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangelo
- Tanglewood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tanglewood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood
- Timber Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Timber Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Creek
- Timber Pond
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Timber Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Pond
- Vineyards
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vineyards is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineyards
- Whisper Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Whisper Lake is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Lake
- Wildwood Hollow
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wildwood Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood Hollow
How Far From Shadow Bay to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Shadow Bay to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Shadow Bay and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Shadow Bay to Tampa, with an average speed<2> 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 210 miles [338 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 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 813 miles [1,308.4 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<3> 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).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,178 miles [8,333.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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- Shadow Bay) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Shadow Bay 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 Shadow Bay. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9437, Longitude: -82.2715 In this case, the coordinates for Shadow Bay have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.729 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.11 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.833 degrees. |
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