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 Sweetwater Estates:
27.983000, -82.562600
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.
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 two communities that share the name Sweetwater Estates.
Within Florida, the name Sweetwater Estates is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Arkansas
Lonoke County
This Sweetwater Estates is located in Lonoke County and lies 734 miles [1,181.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Sweetwater Estates that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Sweetwater Estates.
Georgia
Paulding County
This Sweetwater Estates is located in Paulding County and lies 421 miles [677.5 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sweetwater Estates that is located in Hillsborough County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Paulding County community of Sweetwater Estates.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Sweetwater 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.
Canal Shores (Less than 2 miles to the north)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canal Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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 Sweetwater Estates to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sweetwater Estates and extending to:
Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 198 miles [318.7 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sweetwater Estates to Tallahassee, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 817 miles [1,314.8 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 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sweetwater Estates) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sweetwater Estates. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.9830, Longitude: -82.5626 In this case, the coordinates for Sweetwater Estates have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 Sweetwater Estates to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.886 degrees.
<6>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.297 degrees.
<7>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.917 degrees.