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 Southwood Estates:
27.872100, -82.089900
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 Southwood Estates
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:
We found three communities that are also named Southwood Estates.
Within Florida, the name Southwood Estates is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Mississippi
Hinds County
This Southwood Estates is located in Hinds County and lies 571 miles [918.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Southwood Estates that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hinds County community of Southwood Estates.
North Carolina
Union County
This Southwood Estates is located in Union County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the north of the Southwood Estates that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Southwood Estates.
Tennessee
Rutherford County
This Southwood Estates is located in Rutherford County and lies 603 miles [970.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Southwood Estates that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rutherford County community of Southwood Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Southwood Estates ...
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.
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 Southwood Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Southwood Estates and extending to:
Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 23 miles [37 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Southwood Estates to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days 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 220 miles [354.1 km] to the northwest (NW). 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 814 miles [1,310 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,605 miles [10,629.7 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 5,173 miles [8,325.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Southwood Estates) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
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While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
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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 Southwood Estates 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 Southwood Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8721, Longitude: -82.0899 In this case, the coordinates for Southwood Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
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The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.629 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.984 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.79 degrees.