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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 Venice East, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Venice East 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 Venice East:
- 27.057001, -82.378428
- 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 Venice East
- 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 Sarasota County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sarasota County
- Since Venice East is near Charlotte County and also Lee County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Charlotte County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lee 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 Venice East
Curious and Interesting Names Near Venice East ...
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.
- Bee Ridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
- Cape Haze
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grove City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Plantation
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Plantation is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantation
- Shiney Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Shiney Town is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiney Town
- Siesta Key
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Sunnyland is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
- Sunrise
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sunrise is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Tarpon Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Tarpon Point is located in Sarasota County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon Point
- Warm Mineral Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
How Far From Venice East to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Venice East to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Venice East and extending to:
- Sarasota, which is the Seat of Sarasota County, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Venice East to Sarasota, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 260 miles [418.4 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,655 miles [10,710.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,223 miles [8,405.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Venice East) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Venice East 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 Venice East. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.0570, Longitude: -82.3784 In this case, the coordinates for Venice East have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.714 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.971 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.044 degrees. |
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