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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 Solitude, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Solitude 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 Solitude:
    • 27.692100, -82.452900
    • 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 Solitude
  • 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 Solitude is near Manatee County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Solitude

Communities Also Named Solitude ...

We found ten communities that are also named Solitude.

Within Florida, the name Solitude is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of ten communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Posey County
      • This Solitude is located in Posey County and lies 779 miles [1,253.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Posey County community of Solitude.
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • This Solitude is located in Bullitt County and lies 732 miles [1,178 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Solitude.
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Solitude is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 582 miles [936.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Solitude.
    • Maryland
      • Talbot County
      • This Solitude is located in Talbot County and lies 844 miles [1,358.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talbot County community of Solitude.
    • Missouri
      • Pemiscot County
      • Although located in Pemiscot County, we don't know the location within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pemiscot County community of Solitude.
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Solitude [Ashe County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Solitude [Hawkins County].
    • Utah
      • Grand County
      • This Solitude is located in Grand County and lies 1,760 miles [2,832.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grand County community of Solitude.
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Solitude is located in Salt Lake County and lies 1,876 miles [3,019.1 km] to the northwest of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Solitude.
    • Virginia
      • Botetourt County
      • This Solitude is located in Botetourt County and lies 701 miles [1,128.2 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Solitude that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Botetourt County community of Solitude.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Solitude ...

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.

  • Amanda
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Amanda is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanda
  • College Chase
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • College Chase is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Chase
  • Green Acres
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Green Acres is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
  • Gulf City
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Gulf City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulf City
  • Gull Haven
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Gull Haven is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gull Haven
  • Kims Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kims Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kims Cove
  • Leon
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Leon is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Manatee Harbor
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Manatee Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee Harbor
  • Mays
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Mays is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mays
  • Netherland
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Netherland is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netherland
  • Pelican Point
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pelican Point is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Point
  • Pirates Point
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Pirates Point is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pirates Point
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • River Bend
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • River Bend is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Bend
    • Sable Cove
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sable Cove is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sable Cove
    • Sandpiper Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Sandpiper Point is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandpiper Point
    • Sun City
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Twin Lake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Twin Lake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lake
    • Winding Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Winding Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winding Creek
    • Wolf Branch
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Wolf Branch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Branch

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Solitude and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Solitude 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 five to six hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 219 miles [352.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 834 miles [1,342.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 48 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,630 miles [10,670 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,298 miles [11,745 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,198 miles [8,365.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Solitude) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Solitude 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.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Solitude, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Solitude 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 Solitude. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.6921, Longitude: -82.4529       In this case, the coordinates for Solitude have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.805 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.163 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.941 degrees.