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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 Whitney Beach, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Whitney Beach 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 Whitney Beach:
    • 27.428330, -82.678698
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Whitney Beach
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Whitney Beach ...

We found one communities that share the name Whitney Beach.

Within Florida, the name Whitney Beach is unique.

Beyond Florida, there is another community also named Whitney Beach in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Ada 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 Idaho community of Whitney Beach [Ada County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Whitney Beach ...

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.

  • Bee Ridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bee Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Ridge
    • Bee Ridge is located in Sarasota County
  • Cedar Hammock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hammock have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hammock
    • Cedar Hammock is located in Manatee County
  • Erie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Erie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Erie is located in Manatee County
  • Foxleigh
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foxleigh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxleigh
    • Foxleigh is located in Manatee County
  • Fruitville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fullers Earth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fullers Earth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullers Earth
    • Fullers Earth is located in Manatee County
  • Longbeach
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longbeach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longbeach
    • Longbeach is located in Manatee County
  • Longboat Key
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Manatee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manatee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manatee
    • Manatee is located in Manatee County
  • Pinecraft
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Siesta Key
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunnyland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyland
    • Sunnyland is located in Sarasota County

How Far From Whitney Beach 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 Whitney Beach to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Whitney Beach and extending to:

  • Bradenton, which is the Seat of Manatee County, lies just to the Northeast.
  • Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 229 miles [368.5 km]<4> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Whitney Beach to Tallahassee, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 855 miles [1,376 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,653 miles [10,707 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,319 miles [11,778.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,220 miles [8,400.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Whitney Beach. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Manatee County: www.co.manatee.fl.us/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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 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 Whitney Beach 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Whitney Beach) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Whitney Beach. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 27.4283, Longitude: -82.6787    
<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 Whitney Beach to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.902 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.239 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.065 degrees.




 

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