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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 Ambrose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ambrose 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 Ambrose:
    • 33.690660, -96.385264
    • 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 Ambrose
  • 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 Grayson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
    • Since Ambrose is near Fannin County and also Bryan 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 Bryan 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 Ambrose

Communities Also Named Ambrose ...

We found eleven communities that are also named Ambrose.

Within Texas, the name Ambrose is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of eleven communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ambrose [Montgomery County].
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Ambrose [Contra Costa County].
      • Modoc County
      • This Ambrose is located in Modoc County and lies 1,443 miles [2,322.3 km]<3> to the west northwest of the Ambrose that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Modoc County community of Ambrose.
    • Georgia
      • Coffee County
      • This Ambrose is located in Coffee County and lies 790 miles [1,271.4 km]<3> to the east of the Ambrose that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coffee County community of Ambrose.
    • Iowa
      • Iowa County
      • This Ambrose is located in Iowa County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<3> to the north northeast of the Ambrose that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Iowa County community of Ambrose.
    • Kentucky
      • Jessamine County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ambrose [Jessamine County].
    • Missouri
      • Ozark County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ambrose [Ozark County].
    • North Dakota
      • Divide County
      • This Ambrose is located in Divide County and lies 1,115 miles [1,794.4 km]<3> to the north northwest of the Ambrose that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Divide County community of Ambrose.
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Fulton County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Ambrose.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ambrose.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • This Ambrose is located in Indiana County and lies 1,065 miles [1,714 km]<3> to the east northeast of the Ambrose that is located in Grayson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indiana County community of Ambrose.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ambrose ...

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
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Anthony is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
  • Carpenters Bluff
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Carpenters Bluff is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carpenters Bluff
  • Enterprise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Enterprise is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
  • Frontier Village
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
  • Ida
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ida is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida
  • Joe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Joe is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
  • Karma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Karma is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Karma
  • Liberty
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Bryan County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Mulberry
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Mulberry is located in Fannin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Red River City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Red River City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
  • Terrace
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Terrace is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terrace
  • Twin City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Twin City is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
  • Woodlake Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodlake Park is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake Park

How Far From Ambrose to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Ambrose to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ambrose and extending to:

  • Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ambrose to Sherman, with an average speed<4> 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.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,132 miles [1,821.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,656 miles [12,321.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,536 miles [8,909.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Ambrose 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.
<2>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 Ambrose, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ambrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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.
<5>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 Ambrose 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 Ambrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6907, Longitude: -96.3853       In this case, the coordinates for Ambrose have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.777 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.409 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.366 degrees.