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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 Burns City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Burns City 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 Burns City:
- 33.512678, -97.043495
- 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 Burns City
- 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 Cooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
- Since Burns City is near Grayson County and also Denton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton 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 Burns City
Communities Also Named Burns City ...
We found one communities that are also named Burns City.
Within Texas, the name Burns City is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Burns City in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Martin County
- This Burns City is located in Martin County and lies 673 miles [1,083.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Burns City that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Martin County community of Burns City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Burns City ...
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.
- Cook
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cook is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Era
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Ethel
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Green Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Green Valley is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Valley
- Lake Kiowa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mountain Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Pilot Point
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Union Hill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Burns City 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 Burns City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Burns City and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Cooke County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Burns City to Gainesville, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 227 miles [365.3 km] to the south (S). 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 1,172 miles [1,886.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,954 miles [11,191.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,691 miles [12,377.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,572 miles [8,967.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burns City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Burns City 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 Burns City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5127, Longitude: -97.0435 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.197 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.88 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.687 degrees. |
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