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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 Watrous Gardens, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Watrous Gardens 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 Watrous Gardens:
    • 28.021200, -82.472500<1>
    • 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 Watrous Gardens
  • 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 Watrous Gardens is near Pinellas County and also Pasco County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pinellas County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pasco 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 Watrous Gardens

Curious and Interesting Names Near Watrous Gardens ...

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.

  • Castle Gardens
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Castle Gardens is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Catherine City
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Catherine City is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Crest Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Crest Place is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Curlin Place
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Curlin Place is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Edna Court
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Edna Court is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Edwards
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Edwards is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Egypt Lake
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Egypt Lake is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Evelyn City
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Evelyn City is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Fannypryde
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fannypryde is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Fern Cliff
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Fern Cliff is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Gilberts
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Gilberts is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Golden Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Golden Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Golfland Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Golfland Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Greentree
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Greentree is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Harmony Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Harmony Heights is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Harris Branch
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Harris Branch is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Harvey Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Harvey Heights is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Healthy Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Healthy Hill is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Hiawatha Highlands
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Hiawatha Highlands is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Hunters Run
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Hunters Run is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Idle Grove Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Idle Grove Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Indian Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Indian Village is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Karen Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Karen Heights is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Lake View Heights
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Lake View Heights is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Little Eleven
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Little Eleven is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Little Henry
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Little Henry is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Manor Hills
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Manor Hills is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Marco
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Marco is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Mitchell Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Mitchell Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Oak Grove
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Oak Grove is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Oak Trail
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Oak Trail is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Palm
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Palm is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Pine Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Pine Terrace is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Plumnelly
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Plumnelly is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Riverbend
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Riverbend is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Rose
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Rose is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Shady Nook
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Shady Nook is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Spring View
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Spring View is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sulphur Hill
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sulphur Hill is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Sulphur Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Sulphur Springs is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Susieanna
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Susieanna is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Tuxedo Springs
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Tuxedo Springs is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Tuxedo Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Tuxedo Terrace is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Venetian Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Venetian Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Vine Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Vine Park is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Waco
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Waco is also located in Hillsborough County
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    • Willow Pines
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Willow Pines is also located in Hillsborough County
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How Far From Watrous Gardens 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 included the distance from a community such as Watrous Gardens to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Watrous Gardens 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 199 miles [320.3 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Watrous Gardens 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 813 miles [1,308.4 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 6,616 miles [10,647.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,285 miles [11,724.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,184 miles [8,342.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Footnotes ...

<1>GPS Coordinates for Watrous Gardens:      Decimal: 28.02120, -82.472500      DDMMSS: 28° 1' 16", -82° 28' 20"
<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- Watrous Gardens) 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 Watrous Gardens 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 Watrous Gardens. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0212, Longitude: -82.4725       In this case, the coordinates for Watrous Gardens have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.841 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.25 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.881 degrees.