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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 Clawson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clawson 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 Clawson:
    • 31.400738, -94.792710
    • 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 Clawson
  • 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 Angelina County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina County
    • Since Clawson is near Nacogdoches County and also Trinity County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Nacogdoches County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity 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 Clawson

Communities Also Named Clawson ...

We found eight communities that are also named Clawson.

Within Texas, the name Clawson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Teton County
      • This Clawson is located in Teton County and lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clawson that is located in Angelina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Teton County community of Clawson.
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Finney County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Finney County community of Clawson.
      • Hodgeman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Clawson [Hodgeman County].
    • Michigan
      • Oakland County
      • This Clawson is located in Oakland County and lies 1,000 miles [1,609.3 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clawson that is located in Angelina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Oakland County community of Clawson.
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • This community is historic<2> and although located in Butler County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Clawson.
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Clawson [Jackson County].
    • Utah
      • Emery County
      • This Clawson is located in Emery County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<1> to the northwest of the Clawson that is located in Angelina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Emery County community of Clawson.
    • West Virginia
      • Pocahontas County
      • This Clawson is located in Pocahontas County and lies 960 miles [1,545 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clawson that is located in Angelina County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pocahontas County community of Clawson.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clawson ...

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.

  • Cedar Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Central
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Central is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
  • Climax
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Climax is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Harmony
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Harmony is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Homer
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Homer is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Poe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Poe is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Providence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Providence is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
  • Redtown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Redtown is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
  • Rocky Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Woodlawn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Woodlawn is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn

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

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

  • Lufkin, which is the Seat of Angelina County, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 191 miles [307.4 km]<1> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Clawson to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,704 miles [12,398.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,580 miles [8,980.1 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Clawson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Clawson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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 Clawson 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.
<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 Clawson 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 Clawson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4007, Longitude: -94.7927       In this case, the coordinates for Clawson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.446 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.556 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.941 degrees.