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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 Broaddus, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Broaddus 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 Broaddus:
    • 31.304928, -94.270012
    • 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 Broaddus
  • 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 San Augustine County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine County
    • Since Broaddus is near Nacogdoches County and also Angelina County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina 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 Broaddus

Communities Also Named Broaddus ...

We found three communities that are also named Broaddus.

Within Texas, the name Broaddus is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Virginia
      • Caroline County
      • This Broaddus is located in Caroline County and lies 1,068 miles [1,718.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Broaddus that is located in San Augustine County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Broaddus.
      • Nelson 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 Broaddus [Nelson County].
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour 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 West Virginia community of Broaddus [Barbour County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Broaddus ...

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.

  • Ebenezer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ebenezer is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
  • Fords Corner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords Corner is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Corner
  • Harveytown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
  • Martin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Martin is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
  • Maxey Town
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
  • Nancy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nancy is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nancy
  • Needmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Needmore is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
  • Rebecca
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rebecca is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rebecca
  • Rocky Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Rosevine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Rosevine is located in Sabine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevine
  • Sunrise
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Union
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Union is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Grave
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Union Grave is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grave

How Far From Broaddus 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 town such as Broaddus to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

  • San Augustine, which is the Seat of San Augustine County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Broaddus to San Augustine, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 218 miles [350.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,103 miles [1,775.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,964 miles [11,207.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,687 miles [12,371 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,562 miles [8,951.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

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- Broaddus) 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 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 Broaddus 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 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 Broaddus 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 Broaddus. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3049, Longitude: -94.2700       In this case, the coordinates for Broaddus have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.097 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.134 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.731 degrees.