Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Arnold, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Arnold and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Arnold
- 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 Arnold:
- 33.269836, -96.331092
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Arnold
- 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 Collin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Since Arnold is near Hunt County and also Fannin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- eBird sighting report for Fannin 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Arnold ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Arnold.
Within Texas, the name Arnold is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 37 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- California
- Calaveras County
- This Arnold is located in Calaveras County and lies 1,384 miles [2,227.3 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calaveras County community of Arnold.
- Mendocino County
- This Arnold is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km] to the west northwest of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Arnold.
- Stanislaus County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Arnold [Stanislaus County].
- Georgia
- Cherokee 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Cherokee County].
- Dougherty 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Dougherty County].
- Fulton 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Fulton County].
- Hancock 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Hancock County].
- Milton 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Milton County].
- Ware 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 Georgia community of Arnold [Ware County].
- Illinois
- Carroll County
- This Arnold is located in Carroll County and lies 698 miles [1,123.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carroll County community of Arnold.
- Morgan County
- This Arnold is located in Morgan County and lies 562 miles [904.5 km] to the northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Arnold.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Kansas community of Arnold [Brown County].
- Labette 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 Kansas community of Arnold [Labette County].
- Ness County
- This Arnold is located in Ness County and lies 424 miles [682.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ness County community of Arnold.
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- This Arnold is located in Ohio County and lies 614 miles [988.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ohio County community of Arnold.
- Union County
- This Arnold is located in Union County and lies 558 miles [898 km] to the northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Arnold.
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Bay 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 Michigan community of Arnold [Bay County].
- Marquette County
- This Arnold is located in Marquette County and lies 998 miles [1,606.1 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Arnold.
- Menominee 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 Michigan community of Arnold [Menominee County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- This Arnold lies 1,825 miles [2,937.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong 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 Pennsylvania community of Arnold [Armstrong County].
- Westmoreland County
- This Arnold is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,042 miles [1,676.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Arnold.
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- This Arnold is located in Brooke County and lies 995 miles [1,601.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brooke County community of Arnold.
- Lewis County
- This Arnold is located in Lewis County and lies 963 miles [1,549.8 km] to the east northeast of the Arnold that is located in Collin County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Arnold.
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Arnold ...
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.
- Celeste
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celeste have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celeste
- Celeste is located in Hunt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 931 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celeste <5>
- Climax
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest) - Desert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest) - Farmersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farmersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Collin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,711 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farmersville <5>
- Floyd
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast) - Hogeye
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Lane
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Leonard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
- Leonard is located in Fannin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,068 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leonard <5>
- Merit
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merit
- Merit is located in Hunt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merit <5>
- Nobility
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north) - Pike
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Snow Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
How Far From Arnold to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Arnold to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Arnold and extending to:
- McKinney, which is the Seat of Collin County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Arnold to McKinney, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 223 miles [358.9 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,141 miles [1,836.3 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<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,941 miles [11,170.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,675 miles [12,351.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arnold. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Collin County: www.co.collin.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Arnold 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Arnold) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arnold. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2698, Longitude: -96.3311 In this case, the coordinates for Arnold have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Arnold, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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 Arnold to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.691 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.255 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.393 degrees. |