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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 Wekiva, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wekiva 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 Wekiva:
- 28.792771, -81.423958
- 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 Wekiva
- 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 Lake County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake County
- Since Wekiva is near Seminole County and also Volusia County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia 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 Wekiva
Communities Also Named Wekiva ...
We found one communities that are also named Wekiva.
There is one other community in Florida that is also named Wekiva.
Beyond Florida.
- Communities Located In Florida ...
- Orange 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 Florida community of Wekiva [Orange County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wekiva ...
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.
- Bookertown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bookertown is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookertown
- Crystal Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Heights
- Crystal Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal Point is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Dreamworld
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
- Elder Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Elder Springs is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Springs
- Ethel
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Ethel is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Forest City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Lake Mary
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lake View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lincoln Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lock Arbor
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Lock Arbor is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Arbor
- Longdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Longdale is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale
- Longwood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oak Tree Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Tree Park is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Tree Park
How Far From Wekiva 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 Wekiva to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Wekiva and extending to:
- Tavares, which is the Seat of Lake County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<3> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Wekiva to Tavares, with an average speed<4> 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 five to six hours.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 205 miles [329.9 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 741 miles [1,192.5 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,533 miles [10,513.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,203 miles [11,592.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,101 miles [8,209.3 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wekiva 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Wekiva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Wekiva 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 Wekiva. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.7928, Longitude: -81.4240 In this case, the coordinates for Wekiva have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.341 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.779 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.38 degrees. |
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