|
Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Old Allison, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Old Allison 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 Old Allison:
- 33.881488, -96.337210
- 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 Old Allison
- 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 Bryan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Since Old Allison is near Grayson County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Old Allison
Curious and Interesting Names Near Old Allison ...
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.
- Blue
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blue is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
- Carpenters Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
- Karma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Karma is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karma
- Lee Heights
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lee Heights is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Heights
- Liberty
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Liberty is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mulberry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mulberry is located in Fannin County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
- Olive
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Olive is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
- Pickwick
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Pickwick is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Platter
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Roberta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roberta is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
How Far From Old Allison 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 Old Allison to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Old Allison and extending to:
- Durant, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies just to the North Northwest.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 127 miles [204.4 km]<2> to the north northwest (NNW). If you could drive a straight line from Old Allison to Oklahoma City, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,124 miles [1,808.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,909 miles [11,119 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,645 miles [12,303.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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- Old Allison) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Old Allison 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 Old Allison. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8815, Longitude: -96.3372 In this case, the coordinates for Old Allison have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.766 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.421 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.321 degrees. |
|
|