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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 West Hampton, we use the following websites to find information relevant to West Hampton 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 West Hampton:
    • 28.071900, -82.644900
    • 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 West Hampton
  • 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 West Hampton 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 West Hampton

Communities Also Named West Hampton ...

We found six communities that are also named West Hampton.

Within Florida, the name West Hampton is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Cobb County
      • This West Hampton is located in Cobb County and lies 423 miles [680.8 km]<1> to the north northwest of the West Hampton that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cobb County community of West Hampton.
      • Columbia County
      • This West Hampton is located in Columbia County and lies 378 miles [608.3 km] to the north of the West Hampton that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of West Hampton.
      • Henry County
      • This West Hampton is located in Henry County and lies 380 miles [611.6 km] to the north northwest of the West Hampton that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of West Hampton.
    • Kansas
      • Mitchell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of West Hampton [Mitchell County].
    • Virginia
      • Hampton City
      • This West Hampton is located in Hampton City and lies 717 miles [1,153.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the West Hampton that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton City community of West Hampton.
      • Roanoke City
      • This West Hampton is located in Roanoke City and lies 652 miles [1,049.3 km] to the north northeast of the West Hampton that is located in Hillsborough County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roanoke City community of West Hampton.

Curious and Interesting Names Near West Hampton ...

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.

  • Casa Blanca
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Casa Blanca is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Blanca
  • Eaglebrook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Eaglebrook is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaglebrook
  • Fawn Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Fawn Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Lake
  • Fawn Ridge Village
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Fawn Ridge Village is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Ridge Village
  • Foxs Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Foxs Corner is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxs Corner
  • Garden Lake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Garden Lake is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Lake
  • Harbor Palms
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Harbor Palms is located in Pinellas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Palms
  • Keystone Crossings
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Keystone Crossings is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Crossings
  • Keystone Farms
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Keystone Farms is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone Farms
  • Lake Julia
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Lake Julia is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Julia
  • Mandolin
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mandolin is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mandolin
  • Meadow Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Brook is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Nine Eagles
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Nine Eagles is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nine Eagles
    • Pebblebrook
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pebblebrook is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebblebrook
    • Post Shores
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Post Shores is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Shores
    • Rainbow Terrace
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rainbow Terrace is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Terrace
    • Rose Harbor
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Rose Harbor is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Harbor
    • Saltmarsh
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Saltmarsh is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltmarsh
    • Steeplechase
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Steeplechase is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeplechase
    • Wood Lake
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Wood Lake is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Lake

How Far From West Hampton 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 West Hampton to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Tampa, which is the Seat of Hillsborough County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the east southeast. If you could walk a straight line from West Hampton to Tampa, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 190 miles [305.8 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 8 days and walking would take 11 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 6,622 miles [10,657.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,292 miles [11,735.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,190 miles [8,352.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn from Point A (ie- West Hampton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 West Hampton 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.
<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 West Hampton 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 West Hampton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.0719, Longitude: -82.6449       In this case, the coordinates for West Hampton have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.937 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.367 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.925 degrees.