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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 Yarnaby, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Yarnaby 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 Yarnaby:
- 33.791059, -96.257444
- 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 Yarnaby
- 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 Yarnaby is near Fannin County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Fannin 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 Yarnaby
Curious and Interesting Names Near Yarnaby ...
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.
- Anthony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Anthony is located in Fannin County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Carpenters Bluff
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
- Ivanhoe
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Karma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Karma is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karma
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mulberry
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Post Oak
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Post Oak is located in Fannin County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Roberta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Roberta is located in Bryan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Tulip
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Tulip is located in Fannin County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulip
How Far From Yarnaby 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 Yarnaby to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Yarnaby and extending to:
- Durant, which is the Seat of Bryan County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<2> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Yarnaby to Durant, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Oklahoma City, which is the State Capital of Oklahoma, lies 135 miles [217.3 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,123 miles [1,807.3 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 6,911 miles [11,122.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,646 miles [12,305 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,526 miles [8,893.2 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 '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- Yarnaby) 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 Yarnaby 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 Yarnaby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7911, Longitude: -96.2574 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.703 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.335 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.296 degrees. |
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