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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 Baers Ferry, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Baers Ferry 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 Baers Ferry:
- 33.816769, -96.570827
- 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 Baers Ferry
- 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 Baers Ferry is near Bryan County and also Marshall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bryan County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marshall 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 Baers Ferry
Curious and Interesting Names Near Baers Ferry ...
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.
- Cartwright
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Fink
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fink is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fink
- Frontier Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Frontier Village is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Village
- Glen Eden ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Glen Eden is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Eden
- Joe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Joe is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe
- Pickwick
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pickwick is located in Bryan County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickwick
- Platter
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Red River City
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Red River City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red River City
- Twin City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Twin City is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin City
How Far From Baers Ferry 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 Baers Ferry to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Baers Ferry and extending to:
- Sherman, which is the Seat of Grayson County, lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> to the south. If you could walk a straight line from Baers Ferry to Sherman, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 254 miles [408.8 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,138 miles [1,831.4 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 6,921 miles [11,138.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,538 miles [8,912.5 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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Baers Ferry) 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 Baers Ferry 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 Baers Ferry. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.8168, Longitude: -96.5708 In this case, the coordinates for Baers Ferry have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.916 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.588 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.435 degrees. |
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