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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 Bi-Stone, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bi-Stone 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 Bi-Stone:
- 31.686279, -96.422757
- 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 Bi-Stone
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Bi-Stone is near Freestone County and also Navarro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Freestone County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Navarro 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 Bi-Stone
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bi-Stone ...
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.
- Box Church
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Box Church is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Church
- Center
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Center is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
- Cotton Gin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fair Oaks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fair Oaks is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
- Forest Glade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Glade is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
- Freestone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Freestone is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freestone
- Horn Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Lost Prairie
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lost Prairie is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Prairie
- Luna
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Luna is located in Freestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Personville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Personville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Personville
- Prairie Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Grove
- Red Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Red Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Hill
- Sandy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Sandy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Streetman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Union High
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union High is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union High
How Far From Bi-Stone 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 Bi-Stone to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bi-Stone and extending to:
- Groesbeck, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bi-Stone to Groesbeck, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,197 miles [1,926.4 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,028 miles [11,310.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,758 miles [12,485.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,635 miles [9,068.7 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bi-Stone) 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 Bi-Stone 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 Bi-Stone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6863, Longitude: -96.4228 In this case, the coordinates for Bi-Stone have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.549 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.888 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.612 degrees. |
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