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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 Weather Oak, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Weather Oak 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 Weather Oak:
- 28.037100, -82.320900
- 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 Weather Oak
- 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 Weather Oak is near Pasco County and also Polk 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 Polk 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 Weather Oak
Curious and Interesting Names Near Weather Oak ...
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.
- Clark
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Clark is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
- Clarkwild
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Clarkwild is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkwild
- Cousins Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Cousins Corner is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cousins Corner
- Harris Landings
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Harris Landings is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Landings
- Hidden Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hidden Creek is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Creek
- Jolly Corner
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jolly Corner is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jolly Corner
- June Bloom
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- June Bloom is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for June Bloom
- Kennedy Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Kennedy Hill is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy Hill
- Lee
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lee is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Pilgrims Place
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Pilgrims Place is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrims Place
- River Run
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- River Run is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Run
- Riveredge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Riveredge is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riveredge
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Sam Mills
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Sam Mills is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Mills
- Straits
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Straits is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straits
- Temple Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Temple Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Oaks
- Terrace Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Terrace Highlands is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Highlands
- Terrace Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Terrace Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace Oaks
- Thousand Oaks
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Thousand Oaks is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thousand Oaks
- Ye Little Wood
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ye Little Wood is located in Hillsborough County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ye Little Wood
How Far From Weather Oak 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 Weather Oak to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Weather Oak and extending to:
- Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Weather Oak to Tampa, with an average speed<2> 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 203 miles [326.7 km] to the northwest (NW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 808 miles [1,300.3 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 6,609 miles [10,636.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,277 miles [11,711.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,177 miles [8,331.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Weather Oak) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Weather Oak 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 Weather Oak. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0371, Longitude: -82.3209 In this case, the coordinates for Weather Oak have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.763 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.161 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.829 degrees. |
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