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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 Burkett, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burkett 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 Burkett:
- 31.996049, -99.224202
- 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 Burkett
- 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 Coleman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Since Burkett is near Brown County and also Callahan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Callahan 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 Burkett
Communities Also Named Burkett ...
We found three communities that are also named Burkett.
Within Texas, the name Burkett is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Greenwood County
- This Burkett is located in Greenwood County and lies 449 miles [722.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Burkett that is located in Coleman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Burkett.
- Nebraska
- Hall 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 Nebraska community of Burkett [Hall County].
- Pennsylvania
- Blair 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 Pennsylvania community of Burkett [Blair County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burkett ...
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.
- Buffalo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Buffalo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cottonwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Cross Cut
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Plains
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Echo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Echo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Fry ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Holder
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Holder is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
- Lake Shore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Pioneer
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Shamrock Shores
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
- Thrifty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Thrifty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
How Far From Burkett 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 Burkett to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burkett and extending to:
- Coleman, which is the Seat of Coleman County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burkett to Coleman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of 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 148 miles [238.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 9 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,331 miles [2,142 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 52 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,116 miles [11,452.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,854 miles [12,639.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,735 miles [9,229.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Burkett) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Burkett 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Burkett 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 Burkett. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9960, Longitude: -99.2242 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.475 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.197 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.834 degrees. |
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