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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 Avinger, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Avinger 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 Avinger:
- 32.898152, -94.554057
- 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 Avinger
- 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 Cass County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cass County
- Since Avinger is near Marion County and also Morris County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Morris 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 Avinger
Curious and Interesting Names Near Avinger ...
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.
- Caves Spring
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Caves Spring is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caves Spring
- Cedar Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Hughes Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jenkins is located in Morris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
- Liberty
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lone Star
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Love
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Love is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love
- Rock Island
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Island is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rock Springs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Victory
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Warlock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Warlock is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warlock
How Far From Avinger 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 town such as Avinger to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Avinger and extending to:
- Linden, which is the Seat of Cass County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Avinger to Linden, with an average speed<3> 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 261 miles [420 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,061 miles [1,707.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,621 miles [12,264.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,498 miles [8,848.2 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Avinger) 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 Avinger 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 Avinger. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8982, Longitude: -94.5541 In this case, the coordinates for Avinger have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.475 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.783 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.652 degrees. |
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