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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 Bartonville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bartonville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Bartonville:
    • 33.080523, -97.150459
    • 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 Bartonville
  • 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 Bartonville ...

We found four communities that share the name Bartonville.

Within Texas, the name Bartonville is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson County
      • This Bartonville is located in Jefferson County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<1> to the east of the Bartonville that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Bartonville.
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • This Bartonville is located in Peoria County and lies 665 miles [1,070.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bartonville that is located in Denton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Bartonville.
    • Ontario
      • This Bartonville lies 1,170 miles [1,882.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Bartonville that is located in Denton County.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bartonville [Frederick County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Bartonville ...

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.

  • Argyle
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Argyle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Argyle is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Argyle <4>
  • Copper Canyon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Copper Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Canyon
    • Copper Canyon is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,533 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Copper Canyon <4>
  • Corral City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corral City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corral City
    • Corral City is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Double Oak
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Oak
    • Double Oak is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Double Oak <4>
  • Flower Mound
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flower Mound have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flower Mound
    • Flower Mound is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flower Mound <4>
  • Harbor Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbor Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Grove
    • Harbor Grove is located in Denton County
  • Hidden Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hidden Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hill
    • Hidden Hill is located in Denton County
  • Marshall Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marshall Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
    • Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
  • Trophy Club
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trophy Club have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trophy Club
    • Trophy Club is located in Denton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,636 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trophy Club <4>

How Far From Bartonville 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 town such as Bartonville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bartonville and extending to:

  • Denton, which is the Seat of Denton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Bartonville to Denton, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 197 miles [317 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,190 miles [1,915.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,981 miles [11,234.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,717 miles [12,419.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,597 miles [9,007.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

The official website for Bartonville: www.bartonvilletx.org/

The official website for Denton County: www.co.denton.tx.us/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Bartonville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bartonville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0805, Longitude: -97.1505       In this case, the coordinates for Bartonville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bartonville 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.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Bartonville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.216 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.848 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.785 degrees.




 

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