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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 Bryarly, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryarly 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 Bryarly:
- 33.746529, -94.890782
- 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 Bryarly
- 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 Red River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Red River County
- Since Bryarly is near McCurtain County and also Bowie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McCurtain County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie 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 Bryarly
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryarly ...
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.
- Clarksville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Dimple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Dimple is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
- English
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Greenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Harris
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Harris is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Idabel
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Iron Stob Corner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Iron Stob Corner is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Stob Corner
- Pine Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Springs is located in Bowie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
- Pleasant Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Hill is located in McCurtain County (OK)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Reeds Settlement
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Reeds Settlement is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Settlement
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Red River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
How Far From Bryarly to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bryarly to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Bryarly and extending to:
- Clarksville, which is the Seat of Red River County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Bryarly to Clarksville, 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 292 miles [469.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,052 miles [1,693 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 41 days and walking would take 60 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,862 miles [11,043.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,472 miles [8,806.3 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bryarly) 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 Bryarly 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 Bryarly. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7465, Longitude: -94.8908 In this case, the coordinates for Bryarly have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.79 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.261 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.686 degrees. |
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