Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Shilow, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Shilow and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Shilow
- 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 Shilow:
- 28.040298, -82.127031
- 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 Shilow
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Hillsborough County
- Since Shilow is near Polk County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Polk County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Shilow ...
We found one communities that share the name Shilow.
Within Florida, the name Shilow is unique.
Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Shilow in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Curious and Interesting Names Near Shilow ...
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.
- Alabama
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Carolyn Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carolyn Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carolyn Gardens
- Carolyn Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Cedar Run
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Run
- Cedar Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Cherry Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Hill
- Cherry Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Cherry Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Park
- Cherry Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Citrus Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Citrus Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Landing
- Citrus Landing is located in Hillsborough County
- Colonial Village
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Colonial Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Daily
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Drew
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Empire
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Forest Oak
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oak
- Forest Oak is located in Hillsborough County
- Four Seasons
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Seasons have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Seasons
- Four Seasons is located in Hillsborough County
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- Gordon Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordon Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon Oaks
- Gordon Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Greenleaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Ham Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the north) - Hartline
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest) - Hawk Woods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawk Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawk Woods
- Hawk Woods is located in Hillsborough County
- Hill Crest
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill Crest
- Hill Crest is located in Hillsborough County
- Homeland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homeland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homeland Park
- Homeland Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Horn Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horn Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Acres
- Horn Acres is located in Hillsborough County
- Kings Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Village
- Kings Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Knights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knights
- Knights is located in Hillsborough County
- Leaning Pine
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leaning Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leaning Pine
- Leaning Pine is located in Hillsborough County
- Lee Villa
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Lincoln Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lincoln Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Lincoln Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Magnolia Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Park
- Magnolia Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Marshall Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Heights
- Marshall Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Mayday Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayday Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday Oaks
- Mayday Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Miley Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Miley Trace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miley Trace
- Miley Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Mimosa Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mimosa Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimosa Park
- Mimosa Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Mystic Oaks
(Less than 2 miles to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic Oaks
- Mystic Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Orange Court
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orange Court have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange Court
- Orange Court is located in Hillsborough County
- Paradise Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Oaks
- Paradise Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Piney Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piney Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Oaks
- Piney Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Plant City
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Plant City is located in Hillsborough County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 39,602 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plant City <3>
- Roach
(Less than 2 miles to the west) - Rose Valley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rose Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
- Rose Valley is located in Hillsborough County
- Roseland Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roseland Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseland Park
- Roseland Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Rustic Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks
- Rustic Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Rustic Oaks Plantation
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rustic Oaks Plantation have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks Plantation
- Rustic Oaks Plantation is located in Hillsborough County
- School Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for School Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for School Park
- School Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Shaded Stand
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shaded Stand have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaded Stand
- Shaded Stand is located in Hillsborough County
- Strawberry Square
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Square have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Square
- Strawberry Square is located in Hillsborough County
- Strawberry Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strawberry Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry Village
- Strawberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Sugar Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Sugar Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Sunset Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Heights
- Sunset Heights is located in Hillsborough County
- Sweats
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Tangerine Trails
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangerine Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangerine Trails
- Tangerine Trails is located in Hillsborough County
- Terry Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terry Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terry Park
- Terry Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Village Place
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Village Place have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Place
- Village Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Gordon Oaks
How Far From Shilow 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 Shilow to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Shilow and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Shilow to Tampa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- 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 804 miles [1,293.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,600 miles [10,621.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,267 miles [11,695.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,167 miles [8,315.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shilow. 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: www.myflorida.com/
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 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 Shilow 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> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shilow) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shilow. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0403, Longitude: -82.1270 In this case, the coordinates for Shilow have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Shilow to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.661 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.044 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.767 degrees. |