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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 Bagwell, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bagwell 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 Bagwell:
- 33.6623, -95.162033
- 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 Bagwell
- 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 Red River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River County
- Since Bagwell is near Lamar County and also Choctaw County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Lamar County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Choctaw 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 Bagwell
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bagwell ...
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.
- Blossom
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Byrdtown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Byrdtown is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrdtown
- Clarksville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Road
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Cross Road is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Road
- Deport
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dimple
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dimple is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
- Hoover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hoover is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Liberty
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Liberty is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lone Star is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Peters Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peters Prairie is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Prairie
- Pine Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Pine Branch is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Branch
- Post Oak
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Post Oak is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Rugby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rugby is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Shadowland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shadowland is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shadowland
- Sherry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Walnut Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Walnut Ridge is located in Lamar County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Ridge
How Far From Bagwell 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 Bagwell to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bagwell and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Red River County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 278 miles [447.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Bagwell to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 16 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,069 miles [1,720.4 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 6,876 miles [11,065.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,609 miles [12,245.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,487 miles [8,830.5 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bagwell) 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 Bagwell 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 Bagwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6623, Longitude: -95.1620 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.96 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.449 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.819 degrees. |
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