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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 Texas City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Texas City 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 Texas City:
- 37.878092, -88.392907
- 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 Texas City
- 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 Saline County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Saline County
- Since Texas City is near White County and also Hamilton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for White County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hamilton 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 Texas City
Communities Also Named Texas City ...
We found one communities that are also named Texas City.
Within Illinois, the name Texas City is unique.
Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Texas City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Texas
- Galveston County
- This Texas City is located in Galveston County and lies 691 miles [1,112.1 km]<1> to the southwest of the Texas City that is located in Saline County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Galveston County community of Texas City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Texas City ...
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.
- Cottage Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Gallatin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Dale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Elba
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Equality
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Francis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Francis is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Francis
- Iron
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Iron is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron
- Long Branch
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Middlepoint
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Middlepoint is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlepoint
- Muddy
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bud ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Red Bud is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bud
- Saline City
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saline City is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saline City
How Far From Texas City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Texas City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Texas City and extending to:
- Harrisburg, which is the Seat of Saline County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Texas City to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 147 miles [236.6 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,405 miles [10,307.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,134 miles [11,481.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,011 miles [8,064.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Texas City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Texas City 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 Texas City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.8781, Longitude: -88.3929 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.874 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.272 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.99 degrees. |
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