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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 Suzie Trace, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Suzie Trace 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 Suzie Trace:
    • 28.137000, -82.425600
    • 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 Suzie Trace
  • 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 Suzie Trace 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 Suzie Trace

Curious and Interesting Names Near Suzie Trace ...

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
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Calm Harbour is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calm Harbour
  • Carr Drive
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Carr Drive is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carr Drive
  • Coopers Bayou
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Coopers Bayou is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopers Bayou
  • Crystal Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Crystal Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Cove
  • Curry Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Curry Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Cove
  • Cypress Cove
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Cypress Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Cove
  • Deer Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Deer Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Eagle Crest
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Eagle Crest is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Crest
  • Edgewater
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Edgewater is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
  • Emerald Cove
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Emerald Cove is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Cove
  • Evergreen North
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Evergreen North is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen North
  • Fox Run
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Fox Run is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Run
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...
    • Green Meadow
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Green Meadow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Meadow
    • Hounds Hollow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hounds Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Hollow
    • Hounds Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Hounds Run is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hounds Run
    • Jessies Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Jessies Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessies Place
    • Lake Keen
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
    • Live Oak
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Live Oak is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
    • Manor Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Manor Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manor Oaks
    • Maplehill
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Maplehill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maplehill
    • Montana Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Montana Pines is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montana Pines
    • Oak Hollow
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Oak Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hollow
    • Park Forest
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Park Forest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Forest
    • Pond Eddy
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Pond Eddy is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Eddy
    • Popes
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Popes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Popes
    • Regalwoods
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Regalwoods is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Regalwoods
    • Ridgelake
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Ridgelake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelake
    • Rustic Oaks Place
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Rustic Oaks Place is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustic Oaks Place
    • Silver Forrest
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Silver Forrest is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Forrest
    • Tangerine Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tangerine Hill is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangerine Hill
    • Tropical Lakes
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tropical Lakes is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropical Lakes
    • Turning Point
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Turning Point is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turning Point
    • Vander Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Vander Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vander Creek
    • Waterbridge
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Waterbridge is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbridge
    • Wildwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Wildwood is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Willow Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Creek is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Willow Pond
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Willow Pond is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Pond

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Suzie Trace and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Suzie Trace to Tampa, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 194 miles [312.2 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 11 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 804 miles [1,293.9 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 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,278 miles [11,712.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Suzie Trace) 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 Suzie Trace 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 Suzie Trace. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.1370, Longitude: -82.4256       In this case, the coordinates for Suzie Trace have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.825 degrees.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.248 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.842 degrees.