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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 Byrds, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Byrds 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 Byrds:
- 31.913480, -99.042001
- 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 Byrds
- 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 Brown County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Since Byrds is near Coleman County and also Comanche County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche 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 Byrds
Communities Also Named Byrds ...
We found two communities that are also named Byrds.
Within Texas, the name Byrds is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Surry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Byrds [Surry County].
- South Carolina
- Colleton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Byrds [Colleton County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Byrds ...
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
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Cross Cut
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cross Cut is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Cut
- Delaware Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Delaware Junction is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaware Junction
- Early
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Fry ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Holder
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Holder is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holder
- Lake Shore
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Shore is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- May
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pioneer
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Pioneer is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
- Rising Star
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Shamrock Shores
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Shamrock Shores is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamrock Shores
- Thrifty
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Thrifty is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrifty
How Far From Byrds to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Byrds to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Byrds and extending to:
- Brownwood, which is the Seat of Brown County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Byrds to Brownwood, 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 four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 137 miles [220.5 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 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,324 miles [2,130.8 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 7,113 miles [11,447.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,851 miles [12,635 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,732 miles [9,224.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Byrds 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | 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- Byrds) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Byrds 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 Byrds. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.9135, Longitude: -99.0420 In this case, the coordinates for Byrds have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.339 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.026 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.758 degrees. |
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