Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Tarawood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Tarawood and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Tarawood

• 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 Tarawood:
  • 28.074900, -82.494300
  • 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 Tarawood

• 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 Tarawood 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 Tarawood

Curious and Interesting Names Near Tarawood ...

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.

• Cedarwood
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cedarwood is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
• Cedarwood Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedarwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood Village
• Cherry Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Cherry Creek is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
• Cypress Head
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Cypress Head is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Head
• Cypress Hollow
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Cypress Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hollow
• Cypress Meadows
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Cypress Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Meadows
• Cypress Run
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Cypress Run is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Run
• Cypress Trace
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cypress Trace is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Trace
• Deer Creek
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Deer Creek is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Creek
• Dill
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Dill is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill
• Fairway Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Fairway Village is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Village
• Flora Park
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Flora Park is located in Hillsborough County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Park
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  • Floral Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Floral Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Gardens
  • Forest Oaks
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Forest Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Oaks
  • Galleria
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Galleria is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galleria
  • Golf View Heights
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Golf View Heights is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golf View Heights
  • Golfland Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Golfland Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golfland Park
  • Griffin
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Griffin is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
  • Grove Point Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grove Point Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove Point Village
  • High Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • High Pines is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Pines
  • Hunters Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Hunters Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Lake
  • Indian Head
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Indian Head is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head
  • Indian Mound Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Indian Mound Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Mound Village
  • Joshuas Bend
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Joshuas Bend is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshuas Bend
  • Lake Charles
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lake Charles is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Charles
  • Lake Ellen
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Lake Ellen is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen
  • Lake Ellen Walk
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Lake Ellen Walk is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ellen Walk
  • Marigold Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Marigold Gardens is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marigold Gardens
  • Paddock Square
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Paddock Square is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Square
  • Paddock Trail
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Paddock Trail is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock Trail
  • Pine Hollow
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Pine Hollow is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Hollow
  • Pine Meadows
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Pine Meadows is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Meadows
  • Rolling Green Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Rolling Green Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Green Village
  • Settlers Pointe
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Settlers Pointe is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Settlers Pointe
  • Shadberry Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Shadberry Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadberry Village
  • Shagbark
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Shagbark is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shagbark
  • Springwood Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Springwood Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwood Village
  • Stonegate
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Stonegate is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonegate
  • Sunny Shores
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Sunny Shores is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Shores
  • Sunshine Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Sunshine Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Village
  • Tall Pines
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Tall Pines is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tall Pines
  • Top of the Village
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Top of the Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top of the Village
  • Tuxedo Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Tuxedo Park is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Park
  • Tuxedo Terrace
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuxedo Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuxedo Terrace
  • Village Wood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Village Wood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Wood
  • Whisper Sound
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Whisper Sound is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whisper Sound

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

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

• Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies just to the South Southeast.
• Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 195 miles [313.8 km]<1> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Tarawood to Tallahassee, with an average speed<2>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 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 810 miles [1,303.6 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 6,615 miles [10,645.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,284 miles [11,722.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,183 miles [8,341.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'