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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 Cherry Spring, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cherry Spring and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Cherry Spring:
    • 30.483246, -99.009215
    • 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.
    • The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Cherry Spring
  • 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:
    • Waymark.com

Communities Also Named Cherry Spring ...

We found two communities that share the name Cherry Spring.

Within Texas, the name Cherry Spring is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • White Pine County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in White Pine County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the White Pine County community of Cherry Spring.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Potter 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 Cherry Spring [Potter County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Cherry Spring ...

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.

  • Art
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Art have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Art
    • Art is located in Mason County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Art <4>
  • Cherry Mountain
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cherry Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Mountain
    • Cherry Mountain is located in Gillespie County
  • Crabapple ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crabapple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crabapple
    • Crabapple is located in Gillespie County
  • Fredericksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Grossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grossville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grossville
    • Grossville is located in Mason County
  • Harper
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hilltop
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hilltop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop is located in Gillespie County
  • Loyal Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyal Valley
    • Loyal Valley is located in Mason County
  • Prairie Mountain
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Mountain
    • Prairie Mountain is located in Llano County
  • Willow City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<5> beginning in Cherry Spring and extending to:

  • Fredericksburg, which is the Seat of Gillespie County, lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<5> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Cherry Spring to Fredericksburg, with an average speed<6> 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 76 miles [122.3 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,371 miles [2,206.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 54 days and walking would take 78 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,189 miles [11,569.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,923 miles [12,750.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,801 miles [9,335.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cherry Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cherry Spring, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 Cherry Spring 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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- Cherry Spring) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cherry Spring. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.4832, Longitude: -99.0092       In this case, the coordinates for Cherry Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Cherry Spring to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.10 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.567 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.856 degrees.




 

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