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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 Blue Mound, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound:
    • 32.856162, -97.339112
    • 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 Blue Mound
  • 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 Blue Mound ...

We found five communities that share the name Blue Mound.

Within Texas, the name Blue Mound is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Macon County
      • This Blue Mound is located in Macon County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Blue Mound that is located in Tarrant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Blue Mound.
    • Kansas
      • Douglas 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 Kansas community of Blue Mound [Douglas County].
      • Linn County
      • This Blue Mound is located in Linn County and lies 384 miles [618 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Blue Mound that is located in Tarrant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Linn County community of Blue Mound.
      • Wallace County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Blue Mound [Wallace County].
    • Missouri
      • Livingston County
      • This Blue Mound is located in Livingston County and lies 512 miles [824 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Blue Mound that is located in Tarrant County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Livingston County community of Blue Mound.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Blue Mound ...

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.

  • Center Point
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
    • Center Point is located in Tarrant County
  • Eagle Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgecliff Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Elizabethtown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lake Worth
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Worth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Worth
    • Lake Worth is located in Tarrant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Worth <4>
  • Lakeview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Lakeview is located in Tarrant County
  • Marshall Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Melody Hills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melody Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melody Hills
    • Melody Hills is located in Tarrant County
  • Pelican Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican Bay
    • Pelican Bay is located in Tarrant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,100 people
  • Sanctuary
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanctuary have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanctuary
    • Sanctuary is located in Parker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 327 people
  • Trophy Club
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • Fort Worth, which is the Seat of Tarrant County, lies just to the South.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 180 miles [289.7 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Blue Mound to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,206 miles [1,940.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,736 miles [12,449.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,616 miles [9,038.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Mound. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tarrant County: www.tarrantcounty.com/

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- Blue Mound) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Blue Mound. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8562, Longitude: -97.3391    
<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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound 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 320.314 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.935 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.895 degrees.




 

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