Getting to Sanibel Island

Most travelers arrive by automobile, crossing the Sanibel Causeway. There are no airports on the island and no ferry service from the mainland. Sanibel Island is less than 25 miles from Southwest Florida International Airport. Read More »

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Lee County, Florida

Baileys Center, 1 km (1 mile)

Channels in Lee County, Florida

Short Cutoff, 6 km (4 miles)
Orange Pass, 26 km (16 miles)
Wilson Cut, 26 km (16 miles)

Inlets in Lee County, Florida

Coral Creek Inlet, 7 km (4 miles)
Oyster Creek, 12 km (7 miles)
Little Dead Creek, 26 km (16 miles)

Bars in Lee County, Florida

White Rock Shoal, 13 km (8 miles)

Lakes in Lee County, Florida

Tom Black Lake, 21 km (13 miles)

Bays in Lee County, Florida

Smokehouse Bay, 26 km (16 miles)
Water Turkey Bayou, 27 km (17 miles)
Little Bokeelia Bay, 29 km (18 miles)
Old Tom Bayou, 30 km (19 miles)
Back Bay, 30 km (19 miles)

Bars in Monroe County, Florida

Smith Shoal, 211 km (131 miles)
White Shoal, 217 km (135 miles)
Smith Shoal, 266 km (165 miles)

Pasco County, Florida

Outlet World of Pasco County, 218 km (135 miles)
Grace Memorial Gardens, 223 km (139 miles)
Aripeka, population 308, 229 km (142 miles)

Lakes in Pasco County, Florida

Cabbage Slough Pond, 219 km (136 miles)
Lighter Bayou, 220 km (137 miles)
Smokehouse Pond, 221 km (137 miles)
Block Pond, 225 km (140 miles)
Live Oak Pond, 227 km (141 miles)

Streams in Pasco County, Florida

Britches Creek, 221 km (137 miles)

Swamps in Pasco County, Florida

Owensboro Swamp, 223 km (139 miles)
Wolf Prairie, 225 km (140 miles)

Sumter County, Florida

Wildwood Camp, 225 km (140 miles)
Wilson Corners, 236 km (146 miles)
Linden, 236 km (147 miles)
Linden Cemetery, 236 km (147 miles)
Wild Cow Cemetery, 241 km (150 miles)
Garden of Memories Cemetery, 241 km (150 miles)
Lincoln Park, 246 km (153 miles)
Panacoochee Retreats, 263 km (163 miles)
Wildwood, population 6,709, 270 km (168 miles)
Oxford, 277 km (172 miles)

Forests in Pasco County, Florida

Withlacoochee State Forest, 226 km (140 miles)

Inlets in Pasco County, Florida

Weaver Hole Slough, 227 km (141 miles)

Lakes in Hernando County, Florida

Simmon Pond, 227 km (141 miles)
Lane Pond, 228 km (142 miles)
Blue Sink Pond, 229 km (142 miles)
Weekiwachee Prairie Lake, 232 km (144 miles)
Boat Pond, 233 km (145 miles)
Bystre Lake, 236 km (146 miles)
Oriole Lake, 236 km (147 miles)
Whitehurst Pond, 241 km (150 miles)
Tooke Lake, 241 km (150 miles)
Willow Prairie Lake, 245 km (152 miles)
Bagwell Lake, 245 km (152 miles)
Simmons Prairie Lake, 245 km (152 miles)
Lake Lindsey, 245 km (153 miles)
Skinner Lake, 250 km (155 miles)

Hernando County, Florida

Ayers, 228 km (142 miles)
Timber Pines, population 5,386, 232 km (144 miles)
Willow Sink, 232 km (144 miles)
Weekiwachee Woodlands, 233 km (145 miles)
Weeki Wachee Acres, 233 km (145 miles)
Long Memorial Cemetery, 234 km (145 miles)
Weekiwachee Gardens, 235 km (146 miles)
Wiscon, population 706, 237 km (147 miles)
Brooksville, population 7,719, 237 km (148 miles)
Brooksville Quarry, 239 km (149 miles)
Weeki Wachee Gardens, population 1,146, 239 km (149 miles)
Camp Quarry, 240 km (149 miles)
Palm Grove Colony, 241 km (150 miles)
Camps, 242 km (150 miles)
Lake Lindsey Cemetery, 246 km (153 miles)

Schools in Hernando County, Florida

Westside Elementary School, 231 km (143 miles)
Hernando Christian Academy, 235 km (146 miles)
Learning Center, 236 km (147 miles)

Bays in Hernando County, Florida

Little Pine Island Bay, 234 km (146 miles)

Depressions in Hernando County, Florida

Blue Sink, 235 km (146 miles)

Streams in Hernando County, Florida

Little Withlacoochee River, 238 km (148 miles)
Weeki Wachee River, 240 km (149 miles)
Wall Creek, 250 km (155 miles)
Blind Creek, 253 km (157 miles)

Lakes in Sumter County, Florida

Silver Lake, 238 km (148 miles)
Little Gant Lake, 239 km (149 miles)
Wolf Pond, 243 km (151 miles)
Orange Lake, 245 km (152 miles)
Goose Pond, 246 km (153 miles)
Simmons Pond, 249 km (155 miles)
Little Pond, 254 km (158 miles)
Lake Panasoffkee, 263 km (163 miles)

Swamps in Hernando County, Florida

Weeki Wachee Swamp, 238 km (148 miles)
Wild Cow Prairie, 241 km (149 miles)

Plains in Hernando County, Florida

Smith Prairie, 240 km (149 miles)

Schools in Sumter County, Florida

Webster Elementary School, 241 km (150 miles)
Bushnell Elementary School, 247 km (154 miles)
West Street School, 249 km (155 miles)
Wildwood High School, 269 km (167 miles)
Wildwood Middle School, 270 km (168 miles)
Oxford School (historical), 278 km (172 miles)

Post Offices in Sumter County, Florida

Webster Post Office, 242 km (150 miles)
Bushnell Post Office, 249 km (155 miles)
Wildwood Post Office, 270 km (167 miles)
Oxford Post Office, 277 km (172 miles)

Buildings in Sumter County, Florida

Webster Community Hall, 242 km (150 miles)
Wildwood Community Center, 269 km (167 miles)
Wildwood Police Station, 269 km (167 miles)
Wildwood City Hall, 270 km (168 miles)

Libraries in Sumter County, Florida

E C Rowell Public Library, 242 km (150 miles)

Libraries in Hernando County, Florida

Withlacoochee Bicentennial Hall Library, 248 km (154 miles)

Swamps in Sumter County, Florida

The Willows, 252 km (157 miles)
The Wonders, 254 km (158 miles)

Depressions in Citrus County, Florida

Lizzie Hart Sink, 254 km (158 miles)
Brush Sink, 255 km (158 miles)

Lakes in Citrus County, Florida

Bonnet Lake, 256 km (159 miles)
Little Lake, 258 km (160 miles)
Cooter Lake, 268 km (166 miles)
Bull Sink, 268 km (166 miles)
White Lake, 271 km (168 miles)
Connell Lake, 272 km (169 miles)

Plains in Sumter County, Florida

Buck Prairie, 257 km (159 miles)

Citrus County, Florida

Williams Cemetery, 257 km (160 miles)
Sixteen Mine, 258 km (160 miles)
Landrum, 259 km (161 miles)
Arlington, 272 km (169 miles)

Plains in Citrus County, Florida

Live Oak Flat, 258 km (161 miles)

Inlets in Sumter County, Florida

Otter Slough, 261 km (162 miles)

Channels in Sumter County, Florida

Outlet River, 263 km (163 miles)

Bays in Sumter County, Florida

Old Store Bayou, 263 km (164 miles)

Streams in Sumter County, Florida

Little Jones Creek, 267 km (166 miles)

Schools in Citrus County, Florida

Pace Independent Private School, 267 km (166 miles)
Withlacoochee Area Vocational-Technical Center, 268 km (167 miles)
Busy Bee Preschool, 269 km (167 miles)

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Baker Bend, a stream bend in Vernon County, Missouri
Bay Qasab in Faryab Province, Afghanistan
Cabecera del Yabo in Estado Anzoategui, Venezuela
Collingwood Lake, a lake in Barron County, Wisconsin
Concord (historical) in Dixon County, Nebraska
Ettrick in Northern Cape, South Africa
Fauna in Provincia da Lunda Sul, Angola
Gost in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hahnweilerhof in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Hartford (historical) in Webster County, Mississippi
Huaylla Cancha in Departamento de Huanuco, Peru
KOEZ-FM (Newton) in Harvey County, Kansas

Khor At Tirus, an intermittent stream in Upper Nile State, Republic of South Sudan
Korobovo in Smolenskaya Oblast', Russia
Lamisuri in Nigeria
Loma Aguacate, a hill in Departamento de Santander, Colombia
Macon County Training School (historical), a school in Macon County, Georgia
Medina Koura in Region de Koulikoro, Mali
Nizhniye Gorevskiye in Perm Krai, Russia
Rust, a slope in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sigadeg in Central Java, Indonesia
Sistak in Ostan-e Sistan va Baluchestan, Iran
Tamakchhare in Khara, Rukum, Rapti Zone, Mid Western Region, Nepal
Tibba Burgeanwala in Punjab, Pakistan
Tumpakrejo in East Java, Indonesia
Wan Talam in Shan State, Myanmar
Wubanta in Hunan Sheng, China

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