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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 Arden, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arden 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 Arden:
    • 31.443770, -100.767047
    • 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 Arden
  • 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 Irion County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Irion County
    • Since Arden is near Tom Green County and also Sterling County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Tom Green County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Sterling 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 Arden

Communities Also Named Arden ...

We found 22 communities that are also named Arden.

Within Texas, the name Arden is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of 22 communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Little River County
      • This Arden is located in Little River County and lies 407 miles [655 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Little River County community of Arden.
    • California
      • Sacramento County
      • This Arden is located in Sacramento County and lies 1,262 miles [2,031 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sacramento County community of Arden.
    • Colorado
      • Kiowa 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 Colorado community of Arden [Kiowa County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • This Arden is located in New Castle County and lies 1,525 miles [2,454.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Arden.
    • Georgia
      • Bryan 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 Georgia community of Arden [Bryan County].
    • Illinois
      • Pike 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 Illinois community of Arden [Pike County].
    • Manitoba
      • This Arden lies 1,302 miles [2,095.4 km]<1> to the north of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
    • Maryland
      • Somerset 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 Maryland community of Arden [Somerset County].
    • Michigan
      • Berrien County
      • This Arden is located in Berrien County and lies 1,075 miles [1,730 km]<1> to the northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berrien County community of Arden.
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • This Arden is located in Douglas County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Arden.
    • Nebraska
      • Boone County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Boone County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Boone County community of Arden.
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • This Arden is located in Clark County and lies 887 miles [1,427.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clark County community of Arden.
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • This Arden is located in Orange County and lies 1,619 miles [2,605.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Orange County community of Arden.
    • North Carolina
      • Buncombe County
      • This Arden is located in Buncombe County and lies 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Buncombe County community of Arden.
    • Ontario
      • This Arden lies 1,574 miles [2,533.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Washington County
      • This Arden is located in Washington County and lies 1,293 miles [2,080.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Arden.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville 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 South Carolina community of Arden [Greenville County].
      • Richland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Arden [Richland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This Arden is located in Monroe County and lies 980 miles [1,577.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Arden.
    • Washington
      • Stevens County
      • This Arden is located in Stevens County and lies 1,476 miles [2,375.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stevens County community of Arden.
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • This Arden is located in Barbour County and lies 1,283 miles [2,064.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Arden.
      • Berkeley County
      • This Arden is located in Berkeley County and lies 1,386 miles [2,230.6 km] to the east northeast of the Arden that is located in Irion County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Berkeley County community of Arden.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Arden ...

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.

  • Broome
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Broome is located in Sterling County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broome
  • Grape Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Grape Creek is located in Tom Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grape Creek
  • Harriet
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Harriet is located in Tom Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriet
  • Hughes ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hughes is located in Irion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
  • Knickerbocker
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pecan Mott
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecan Mott is located in Coke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Mott
  • Sixmile Crossing
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Sixmile Crossing is located in Tom Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sixmile Crossing
  • Water Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Arden once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Arden and extending to:

  • Mertzon, which is the Seat of Irion County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arden to Mertzon, with an average speed<5> 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 196 miles [315.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 56 days and walking would take 82 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,201 miles [11,588.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,942 miles [12,781.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,826 miles [9,376 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Arden) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 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 Arden 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 Arden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Arden 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 Arden. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4438, Longitude: -100.7670       In this case, the coordinates for Arden have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.455 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.29 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.583 degrees.