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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 Singletary, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Singletary and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Singletary:
    • 28.057400, -82.234500
    • 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 Singletary
  • 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 Singletary is near Pasco County and also Polk 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 Polk 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 Singletary

Communities Also Named Singletary ...

We found one communities that are also named Singletary.

Within Florida, the name Singletary is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Singletary in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Early County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Singletary [Early County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Singletary ...

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.

  • All Green
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • All Green is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Green
  • Ancient Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Ancient Oak is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oak
  • Badgers Lair
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Badgers Lair is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badgers Lair
  • Cedar Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Cedar Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Oaks
  • Dickey
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Dickey is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Flint Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Flint Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Lake
  • Flowers
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Flowers is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flowers
  • Four Pine Estates
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Four Pine Estates is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Pine Estates
  • Green Pastures
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Green Pastures is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
  • Kenny
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Kenny is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
  • Lanes Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lanes Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Corner
  • Lazy Oaks
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lazy Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Oaks
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lone Pine
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lone Pine is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Long Fritzke
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Long Fritzke is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Fritzke
    • Lynn Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Lynn Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Oaks
    • Marcia Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Marcia Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia Oaks
    • Martin Ranch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Martin Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Ranch
    • Marys Woods
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Marys Woods is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marys Woods
    • Michaelangelo
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Michaelangelo is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaelangelo
    • Pine Ridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Pine Ridge is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
    • Pinker
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pinker is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinker
    • Pondside Gardens
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Pondside Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondside Gardens
    • Resting Place
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Resting Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resting Place
    • Riverleaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Riverleaf is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverleaf
    • Serenity Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Serenity Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Serenity Oaks
    • Stonelake Ranch
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Stonelake Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake Ranch
    • Stoney Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Stoney Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoney Creek
    • Sunny Slopes
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Sunny Slopes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes

How Far From Singletary to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Singletary to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Singletary to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 205 miles [329.9 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 805 miles [1,295.5 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,604 miles [10,628.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,272 miles [11,703.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Singletary 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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Singletary) 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 Singletary 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 Singletary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0574, Longitude: -82.2345       In this case, the coordinates for Singletary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.719 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.113 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.797 degrees.