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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 Stoney Creek, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stoney Creek 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 Stoney Creek:
    • 28.029000, -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 Stoney Creek
  • 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 Stoney Creek 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 Stoney Creek

Communities Also Named Stoney Creek ...

We found four communities that are also named Stoney Creek.

Within Florida, the name Stoney Creek is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, one is located in the United States and the other three communities are located in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • This Stoney Creek lies 2,429 miles [3,909.1 km]<1> to the northwest of the Stoney Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Stoney Creek lies 1,564 miles [2,517 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stoney Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • North Carolina
      • Wayne County
      • This Stoney Creek is located in Wayne County and lies 570 miles [917.3 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Stoney Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Stoney Creek.
    • Ontario
      • This Stoney Creek lies 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km]<1> to the north of the Stoney Creek that is located in Hillsborough County.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stoney Creek ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • All Green is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for All Green
  • Ancient Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Ancient Oak is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancient Oak
  • Destinys Way
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Destinys Way is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Destinys Way
  • Dickey
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Dickey is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Dover
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Green Pastures
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Green Pastures is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Pastures
  • Hickory Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hickory Hill is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
  • Jess Walden Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jess Walden Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jess Walden Oaks
  • Kenny
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Kenny is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenny
  • Kings Row
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Row is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
  • Kingsway
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kingsway is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsway
  • Lanes Corner
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Lanes Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanes Corner
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Lazy Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lazy Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lazy Oaks
    • Lone Pine
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lone Pine is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Long Fritzke
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Long Fritzke is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Fritzke
    • Lynn Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Lynn Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Oaks
    • Marcia Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Marcia Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia Oaks
    • Meadow Oaks
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Meadow Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Oaks
    • Pineapple Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Pineapple Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pineapple Hill
    • Resting Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Resting Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resting Place
    • Riverleaf
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Riverleaf is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverleaf
    • Shady Stables
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Shady Stables is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Stables
    • Shangri La
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Shangri La is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shangri La
    • Shepherd
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Shepherd is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shepherd
    • Snows Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Snows Corner is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snows Corner
    • Stonelake Ranch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Stonelake Ranch is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonelake Ranch
    • Sunny Hill
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Sunny Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Hill
    • Sunny Slopes
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sunny Slopes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Slopes

How Far From Stoney Creek to ...

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

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stoney Creek 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 207 miles [333.1 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<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 7,273 miles [11,704.8 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 '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- Stoney Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Stoney Creek 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 Stoney Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0290, Longitude: -82.2345       In this case, the coordinates for Stoney Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.716 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.107 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.803 degrees.