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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 Torrey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Torrey and the surrounding area.
- 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 Torrey:
- 27.610868, -81.826194
- 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 Torrey
- 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 Hardee County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardee County
- Since Torrey is near Polk County and also Highlands County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Highlands 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 Torrey
Communities Also Named Torrey ...
We found four communities that are also named Torrey.
Within Florida, the name Torrey is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
- Genesee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Torrey [Genesee County].
- Pennsylvania
- Wayne County
- This Torrey is located in Wayne County and lies 1,038 miles [1,670.5 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Torrey that is located in Hardee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Torrey.
- Utah
- Wayne County
- This Torrey is located in Wayne County and lies 1,856 miles [2,986.9 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Torrey that is located in Hardee County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Torrey.
- Wyoming
- Big Horn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Torrey [Big Horn County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Torrey ...
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.
- Bowling Green
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Bridges
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bridges is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Coker
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coker is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coker
- Fort Green
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fort Green is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Green
- Griffins Corner
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Griffins Corner is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffins Corner
- Homeland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lemon Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lemon Grove is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Oak Grove is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Sweetwater
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sweetwater is located in Hardee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Tiger Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Tiger Bay is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiger Bay
How Far From Torrey 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 Torrey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Torrey and extending to:
- Wauchula, which is the Seat of Hardee County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 245 miles [394.3 km]<2> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Torrey to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 826 miles [1,329.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 33 days and walking would take 47 days.
- The shortest distance<5> 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).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,269 miles [11,698.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,172 miles [8,323.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Torrey could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Torrey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Torrey 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 Torrey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.6109, Longitude: -81.8262 In this case, the coordinates for Torrey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.471 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.766 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.762 degrees. |
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