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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 Ardis Heights, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ardis Heights 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 Ardis Heights:
- 33.139282, -96.073027
- 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 Ardis Heights
- 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 Hunt County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Since Ardis Heights is near Hopkins County and also Collin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin 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 Ardis Heights
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ardis Heights ...
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.
- Cash
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Cash is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cash
- Center Point
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Center Point is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Floyd is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Greenville
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Kellogg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Kellogg is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
- Meadowview
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowview is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowview
- Mineral Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Heights is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Heights
- Scatter Branch
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Scatter Branch is located in Hunt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scatter Branch
How Far From Ardis Heights 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 Ardis Heights to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ardis Heights and extending to:
- Greenville, which is the Seat of Hunt County, lies just to the West.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Ardis Heights to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 13 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,671 miles [12,345.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,550 miles [8,931.9 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- Ardis Heights) 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 Ardis Heights 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 Ardis Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1393, Longitude: -96.0730 In this case, the coordinates for Ardis Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.503 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.018 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.293 degrees. |
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