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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 Bethard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bethard 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 Bethard:
- 32.903736, -96.691386
- 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 Bethard
- 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 Dallas County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- Since Bethard is near Collin County and also Rockwall County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Collin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rockwall 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 Bethard
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bethard ...
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.
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Farmers Branch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Glen Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Hill is located in Rockwall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Hill
- Gribble
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Gribble is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble
- Highland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Highland is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Liberty Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Liberty Grove is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Mesquite
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Murphy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rose Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rose Hill is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
- Trinity Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Trinity Mills is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity Mills
- University Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Bethard 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 Bethard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bethard and extending to:
- Dallas, which is the Seat of Dallas County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bethard to Dallas, with an average speed<3> 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 192 miles [309 km] to the south southwest (SSW). 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 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,171 miles [1,884.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,974 miles [11,223.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,708 miles [12,404.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,587 miles [8,991.4 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bethard) 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 Bethard 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 Bethard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9037, Longitude: -96.6914 In this case, the coordinates for Bethard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.886 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.438 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.598 degrees. |
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