Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Thackerville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Thackerville and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Thackerville

• 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 Thackerville:
  • 33.793440, -97.142638
  • 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 Thackerville

• 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 Love County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Love County
  • Since Thackerville is near Cooke County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson 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 Thackerville

Curious and Interesting Names Near Thackerville ...

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.

• Cook
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Cook is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
• Dixie
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dixie is located in Grayson County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
• Greenville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Greenville is located in Love County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
• Jimtown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jimtown is located in Love County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
• Marysville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Marysville is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
• Pike
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Pike is located in Love County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike
• Red Branch
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Red Branch is located in Grayson County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
• Sturgeon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sturgeon is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
• Walnut Bend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Walnut Bend is located in Cooke County (TX)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend

How Far From Thackerville 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 town such as Thackerville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Thackerville and extending to:

• Marietta, which is the Seat of Love County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Thackerville to Marietta, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 117 miles [188.3 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,169 miles [1,881.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,943 miles [11,173.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,681 miles [12,361.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'