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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 Boxwood, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Boxwood 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 Boxwood:
- 32.783747, -94.754931
- 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 Boxwood
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since Boxwood is near Marion County and also Harrison County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion 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 Boxwood
Communities Also Named Boxwood ...
We found five communities that are also named Boxwood.
Within Texas, the name Boxwood is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- This Boxwood is located in New Castle County and lies 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Boxwood that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Castle County community of Boxwood.
- Georgia
- Wilkinson 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 Georgia community of Boxwood [Wilkinson County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- This Boxwood is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Boxwood that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Boxwood.
- Virginia
- Floyd 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 Boxwood [Floyd County].
- Henry County
- This Boxwood is located in Henry County and lies 893 miles [1,437.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Boxwood that is located in Upshur County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Boxwood.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Boxwood ...
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.
- Cedar Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Cedar Springs is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Coffeeville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Coffeeville is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffeeville
- Diana
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- James
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- James is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James
- Old Diana
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Diana is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Diana
- Rock Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Island is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Sand Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Snow Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Snow Hill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
- Stamps
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Stamps is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamps
How Far From Boxwood 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 Boxwood to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Boxwood and extending to:
- Gilmer, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Boxwood to Gilmer, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 247 miles [397.5 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 1,075 miles [1,730 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,907 miles [11,115.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,635 miles [12,287.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,512 miles [8,870.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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- Boxwood) 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 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 Boxwood 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Boxwood 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 Boxwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7837, Longitude: -94.7549 In this case, the coordinates for Boxwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.593 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.906 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.755 degrees. |
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