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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 Bridges Chapel, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bridges Chapel 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 Bridges Chapel:
- 33.260949, -95.046883
- 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 Bridges Chapel
- 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 Titus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Titus County
- Since Bridges Chapel is near Franklin County and also Red River County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River 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 Bridges Chapel
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bridges Chapel ...
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.
- Cookville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Farmers Academy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Farmers Academy is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmers Academy
- Green Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Harts Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Harts Bluff is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harts Bluff
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Lakeview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lakeview is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Liberty Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Liberty Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Lone Star
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lone Star is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Maple Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Maple Springs is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Springs
- Marshall Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marshall Springs is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Springs
- Mount Pleasant
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Bridges Chapel 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 Bridges Chapel to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bridges Chapel and extending to:
- Mount Pleasant, which is the Seat of Titus County, lies just to the South Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 260 miles [418.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Bridges Chapel to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 11 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,893 miles [11,093.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,624 miles [12,269.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,501 miles [8,853 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bridges Chapel) 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 Bridges Chapel 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 Bridges Chapel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.2609, Longitude: -95.0469 In this case, the coordinates for Bridges Chapel have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.839 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.256 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.821 degrees. |
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