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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 Silver Forrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Silver Forrest 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 Silver Forrest:
- 28.096600, -82.432800
- 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 Silver Forrest
- 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 Silver Forrest 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 Silver Forrest
Curious and Interesting Names Near Silver Forrest ...
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.
- Calm Harbour
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Calm Harbour is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm Harbour
- Curry Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Curry Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cove
- Cypress Head
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Cypress Head is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Head
- Emerald Cove
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Emerald Cove is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cove
- Evergreen North
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Evergreen North is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen North
- Flora Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flora Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Park
- Floral Gardens
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Floral Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Gardens
- Fox Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fox Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
- Green Meadow
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Green Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
- Griffin
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- High Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
- Hounds Hollow
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Hounds Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Hollow
- Continue List (25 more) ...
- Hounds Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Hounds Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Run
- John Knox Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- John Knox Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Knox Village
- Live Oak
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Live Oak is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
- Manor Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Manor Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Oaks
- Maplehill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Maplehill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehill
- Marigold Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Marigold Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold Gardens
- Montana Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Montana Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana Pines
- Park Forest
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Park Forest is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
- Pond Eddy
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Pond Eddy is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Eddy
- Popes
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Popes is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes
- Regalwoods
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Regalwoods is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regalwoods
- Settlers Pointe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Settlers Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Pointe
- Shady Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shady Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Pines
- Shagbark
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Shagbark is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shagbark
- Suzie Trace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Suzie Trace is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suzie Trace
- Tall Pines
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Tall Pines is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
- Tuxedo Park
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Tuxedo Park is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
- University
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- University is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University
- University Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- University Village is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
- University Woods
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- University Woods is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Woods
- Vander Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vander Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander Creek
- Waterbridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Waterbridge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbridge
- Wildwood
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Wildwood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
- Willow Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Willow Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Pond
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Willow Pond is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Pond
How Far From Silver Forrest 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 Silver Forrest to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Silver Forrest and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Silver Forrest to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 196 miles [315.4 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 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 807 miles [1,298.7 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<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 7,280 miles [11,716 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,179 miles [8,334.8 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- Silver Forrest) 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 Silver Forrest 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 Silver Forrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0966, Longitude: -82.4328 In this case, the coordinates for Silver Forrest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.826 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.243 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.853 degrees. |
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