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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 Waugh, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Waugh 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 Waugh:
    • 27.836400, -82.353500
    • 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 Waugh
  • 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 Waugh is near Manatee County and also Pinellas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Manatee 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 Waugh

Communities Also Named Waugh ...

We found nine communities that are also named Waugh.

Within Florida, the name Waugh is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, six are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • This Waugh is located in Montgomery County and lies 382 miles [614.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Waugh.
    • Alberta
      • This Waugh lies 2,391 miles [3,847.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Waugh [Shasta County].
    • Indiana
      • Boone County
      • This Waugh is located in Boone County and lies 875 miles [1,408.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Waugh.
    • Manitoba
      • This Waugh lies 1,649 miles [2,653.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Waugh [Attala County].
    • New Brunswick
      • This Waugh lies 1,662 miles [2,674.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Waugh [Iredell County].
    • Virginia
      • Bedford County
      • This Waugh is located in Bedford County and lies 690 miles [1,110.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Waugh that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bedford County community of Waugh.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Waugh ...

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.

  • Alpine
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Alpine is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Chancey Farms
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Chancey Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chancey Farms
  • Covewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Covewood is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covewood
  • Creek View
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Creek View is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek View
  • Eagle Watch
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Eagle Watch is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Watch
  • Garden City
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Garden City is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Jojo
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jojo is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jojo
  • Kings Lake
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Lake
  • Lake Fantasia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Lake Fantasia is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fantasia
  • Leonard Woods
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Leonard Woods is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard Woods
  • Magnolia Trails
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Magnolia Trails is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Trails
  • Minor
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Minor is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Panther Trace
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Panther Trace is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther Trace
    • Peru ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Peru is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
    • River Walk
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • River Walk is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Walk
    • Riverview
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rock
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Rock is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Still Waters Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Still Waters Landing is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Still Waters Landing
    • Summerview Oaks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Summerview Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerview Oaks
    • Sunbeam Park
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Sunbeam Park is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbeam Park

How Far From Waugh to ...

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 Waugh to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Waugh and extending to:

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Waugh to Tampa, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 213 miles [342.8 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 822 miles [1,322.9 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<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,619 miles [10,652.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,287 miles [11,727.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,187 miles [8,347.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waugh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Waugh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Waugh 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Waugh 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 Waugh. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.8364, Longitude: -82.3535       In this case, the coordinates for Waugh have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.764 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.136 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.881 degrees.