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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 Buffalo Mop, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buffalo Mop 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 Buffalo Mop:
- 31.419062, -96.694706
- 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 Buffalo Mop
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Buffalo Mop is near Falls County and also McLennan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Falls County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan 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 Buffalo Mop
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buffalo Mop ...
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.
- Ben Hur
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Ben Hur is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Hur
- Big Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Big Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
- Coit
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Coit is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coit
- Lavender
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lavender is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Little Elm
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Little Elm is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Elm
- Odds ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Odds is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odds
- Otto
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Grove
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Stranger
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Stranger is located in Falls County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stranger
How Far From Buffalo Mop 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 Buffalo Mop to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buffalo Mop and extending to:
- Groesbeck, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Buffalo Mop to Groesbeck, with an average speed<3> 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 100 miles [160.9 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take three full days and walking would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,220 miles [1,963.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 70 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,052 miles [11,349.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,782 miles [12,523.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,659 miles [9,107.3 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Buffalo Mop) 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 Buffalo Mop 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 Buffalo Mop. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4191, Longitude: -96.6947 In this case, the coordinates for Buffalo Mop have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.692 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.022 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.758 degrees. |
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