Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Texas, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Texas and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Texas
- 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:
- 43.512847, -76.251041
- 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 Texas
- 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 Oswego County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Oswego County
- Since Texas is near Jefferson County and also Onondaga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson County
- eBird sighting report for Onondaga 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Texas ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Texas.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Texas.
Beyond New York, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Texas [Kemper County].
- Stone County
- This Texas is located in Stone County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<1> to the southwest of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stone County community of Texas.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- This Texas is located in Burlington County and lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Texas.
- Middlesex County
- This Texas is located in Middlesex County and lies 238 miles [383 km] to the south southeast of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Middlesex County community of Texas.
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Crawford 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 Ohio community of Texas [Crawford County].
- Hamilton County
- This community is historic<3> and although located in Hamilton County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Texas.
- Henry County
- This Texas is located in Henry County and lies 417 miles [671.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Texas.
- Pennsylvania
- Berks County
- This Texas is located in Berks County and lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the south of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berks County community of Texas.
- Lycoming County
- This Texas is located in Lycoming County and lies 145 miles [233.4 km] to the south southwest of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lycoming County community of Texas.
- Quebec
- This Texas lies 183 miles [294.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Texas that is located in Oswego County.
- South Carolina
- Vermont
- West Virginia
Curious and Interesting Names Near Texas ...
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.
- Arthur
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Farmers Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmers Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Corner
- Farmers Corner is located in Oswego County
- Hickory Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hickory Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Grove
- Hickory Grove is located in Oswego County
- Jones Corners
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Corners have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Corners
- Jones Corners is located in Oswego County
- Maple View
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maple View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple View
- Maple View is located in Oswego County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maple View <5>
- Mexico
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexico
- Mexico is located in Oswego County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexico <5>
- Pleasant Point Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Point Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Point Crossing
- Pleasant Point Crossing is located in Oswego County
- Prattham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattham
- Prattham is located in Oswego County
- Rainbow Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Shores
- Rainbow Shores is located in Oswego County
- Tinker Tavern Corner
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinker Tavern Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinker Tavern Corner
- Tinker Tavern Corner is located in Oswego County
How Far From Texas 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 Texas to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Texas and extending to:
- Oswego, which is the Seat of Oswego County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Texas to Oswego, with an average speed<6> 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.
- Albany, which is the State Capital of New York, lies 138 miles [222.1 km] to the east southeast (ESE). 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 321 miles [516.6 km] to the south (S). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 13 days and walking would take 19 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,671 miles [9,126.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,269 miles [6,870.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Texas. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Oswego County: www.co.oswego.ny.us/
The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Texas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Texas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5128, Longitude: -76.2510 In this case, the coordinates for Texas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Texas 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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Texas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 307.011 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.175 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 302.43 degrees. |