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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 Buncome, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Buncome 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 Buncome:
- 32.049266, -94.4238
- 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 Buncome
- 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 Panola County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Panola County
- Since Buncome is near Rusk County and also Shelby County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Rusk County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shelby 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 Buncome
Curious and Interesting Names Near Buncome ...
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.
- Carthage
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Daniels is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
- Fair Play
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Fair Play is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Play
- Gary City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Holland Quarters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Holland Quarters is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Quarters
- Long Branch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Ridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pleasant Ridge is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
- Shady Grove
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shady Grove is located in Panola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Tennessee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tennessee is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tennessee
How Far From Buncome 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 Buncome to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Buncome and extending to:
- Carthage, which is the Seat of Panola County, lies just to the North Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 231 miles [371.8 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Buncome to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,083 miles [1,742.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,932 miles [11,156 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,657 miles [12,322.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,533 miles [8,904.5 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 from Point A (ie- Buncome) 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 Buncome 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 Buncome. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.0493, Longitude: -94.4238 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.29 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.456 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.705 degrees. |
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