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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 Beckville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Beckville 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 Beckville:
- 32.243108, -94.456696
- 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 Beckville
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Beckville is near Rusk County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Harrison 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 Beckville
Communities Also Named Beckville ...
We found six communities that are also named Beckville.
Within Texas, the name Beckville is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of six communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- This Beckville is located in Montgomery County and lies 688 miles [1,107.2 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beckville that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Beckville.
- Minnesota
- Meeker County
- This Beckville is located in Meeker County and lies 883 miles [1,421.1 km]<1> to the north of the Beckville that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Meeker County community of Beckville.
- Mississippi
- Hinds 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 Mississippi community of Beckville [Hinds County].
- Kemper 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 Mississippi community of Beckville [Kemper County].
- Missouri
- Wayne County
- This Beckville is located in Wayne County and lies 399 miles [642.1 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Beckville that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Beckville.
- Pennsylvania
- Schuylkill County
- This Beckville is located in Schuylkill County and lies 1,164 miles [1,873.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Beckville that is located in Panola County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Schuylkill County community of Beckville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Beckville ...
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.
- Carthage
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Center Point is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Fair Play
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Fair Play is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Grand Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grand Bluff is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bluff
- Harris Chapel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Harris Chapel is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Chapel
- Holland Quarters
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Holland Quarters is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Quarters
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Mayflower
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mayflower is located in Rusk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower
- Walnut Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Walnut Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Grove
How Far From Beckville 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 city such as Beckville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Beckville and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Beckville to Carthage, 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 237 miles [381.4 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,078 miles [1,734.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,923 miles [11,141.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,649 miles [12,309.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,525 miles [8,891.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Beckville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Beckville 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> | 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 Beckville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 Beckville 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 Beckville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2431, Longitude: -94.4567 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.334 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.534 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.695 degrees. |
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