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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 Caro, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Caro 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 Caro:
    • 31.755176, -94.705767
    • 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 Caro
  • 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 Nacogdoches County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
    • Since Caro is near Rusk County and also Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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 Caro

Communities Also Named Caro ...

We found four communities that are also named Caro.

Within Texas, the name Caro is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Limestone County
      • This Caro is located in Limestone County and lies 505 miles [812.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Caro that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Limestone County community of Caro.
    • Alaska
      • This Caro lies 3,244 miles [5,220.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Caro that is located in Nacogdoches County.
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • This Caro is located in Tuscola County and lies 1,017 miles [1,636.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Caro that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tuscola County community of Caro.
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson 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 South Carolina community of Caro [Anderson County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Caro ...

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.

  • Bonita Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Bonita Junction is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Junction
  • Happy Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Happy Valley is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
  • Holly Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Holly Springs is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
  • Looneyville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Looneyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Looneyville
  • Pleasant Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Redfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Redfield is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redfield
  • Sulphur Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur Springs is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Valley Grove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Valley Grove is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
  • Winter Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Winter Hill is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Hill
  • Zion Grove
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Zion Grove is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Grove

How Far From Caro 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 Caro to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Caro and extending to:

  • Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Caro to Nacogdoches, 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 207 miles [333.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,958 miles [11,197.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,683 miles [12,364.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,559 miles [8,946.3 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- Caro) 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 Caro 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 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 Caro 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 Caro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7552, Longitude: -94.7058       In this case, the coordinates for Caro have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.436 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.589 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.862 degrees.