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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 Wilson Place, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Wilson Place 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 Wilson Place:
- 28.808048, -81.353400
- 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 Wilson Place
- 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 Seminole County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Seminole County
- Since Wilson Place is near Volusia County and also Lake County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Volusia County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lake 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 Wilson Place
Communities Also Named Wilson Place ...
We found four communities that are also named Wilson Place.
Within Florida, the name Wilson Place is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Glenn County
- This Wilson Place is located in Glenn County and lies 2,436 miles [3,920.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Wilson Place that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Glenn County community of Wilson Place.
- Colorado
- Moffat County
- This Wilson Place is located in Moffat County and lies 1,755 miles [2,824.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Wilson Place that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Moffat County community of Wilson Place.
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Wilson Place [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Texas
- Kimble County
- This Wilson Place is located in Kimble County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<1> to the west of the Wilson Place that is located in Seminole County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kimble County community of Wilson Place.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Wilson Place ...
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
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Bookertown is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bookertown
- Crystal Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Heights
- Crystal Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crystal Point is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Point
- Dreamworld
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Dreamworld is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dreamworld
- Elder Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elder Springs is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder Springs
- Ethel
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Ethel is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Lake Mary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Lake View is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View
- Lincoln Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Lincoln Heights is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
- Lock Arbor
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Lock Arbor is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lock Arbor
- Pinecrest
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pinecrest is located in Seminole County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinecrest
How Far From Wilson Place 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 Wilson Place to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Wilson Place and extending to:
- Sanford, which is the Seat of Seminole County, lies just to the East.
- Tallahassee, which is the State Capital of Florida, lies 208 miles [334.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Wilson Place to Tallahassee, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 12 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 739 miles [1,189.3 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 29 days and walking would take 42 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,529 miles [10,507.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,199 miles [11,585.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,097 miles [8,202.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wilson Place) 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 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 Wilson Place 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Wilson Place 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 Wilson Place. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.8080, Longitude: -81.3534 In this case, the coordinates for Wilson Place have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.305 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.739 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.354 degrees. |
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