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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 Clear Springs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Clear Springs 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 Clear Springs:
    • 31.467406, -94.387148
    • 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 Clear Springs
  • 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 Clear Springs is near San Augustine County and also Angelina County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for San Augustine County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina 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 Clear Springs

Communities Also Named Clear Springs ...

We found seventeen communities that are also named Clear Springs.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Clear Springs.

Beyond Texas, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Guadalupe County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Guadalupe County and lies 250 miles [402.3 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Guadalupe County community of Clear Springs.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Blount County and lies 483 miles [777.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Clear Springs.
      • Etowah County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Clear Springs [Etowah County].
      • Talladega County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Talladega County and lies 501 miles [806.3 km] to the east northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Clear Springs.
    • Florida
      • Okaloosa County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Okaloosa County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the east of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Okaloosa County community of Clear Springs.
      • Polk 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 Florida community of Clear Springs [Polk County].
      • Walton County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Walton County and lies 475 miles [764.4 km] to the east of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walton County community of Clear Springs.
    • Kentucky
      • Graves County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Graves County and lies 498 miles [801.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graves County community of Clear Springs.
    • Manitoba
      • This Clear Springs lies 1,255 miles [2,019.7 km]<1> to the north of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
    • Mississippi
      • Smith County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Smith County and lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<1> to the east of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Smith County community of Clear Springs.
    • Missouri
      • Texas County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Texas County and lies 415 miles [667.9 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Clear Springs.
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • This Clear Springs is located in York County and lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Clear Springs.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Richland County and lies 801 miles [1,289.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Richland County community of Clear Springs.
    • Tennessee
      • Grainger County
      • This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Clear Springs [Grainger County].
      • Greene 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 Tennessee community of Clear Springs [Greene County].
      • Knox County
      • This Clear Springs is located in Knox County and lies 683 miles [1,099.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Knox County community of Clear Springs.
      • McMinn County
      • This Clear Springs is located in McMinn County and lies 618 miles [994.6 km] to the east northeast of the Clear Springs that is located in Nacogdoches County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the McMinn County community of Clear Springs.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Clear Springs ...

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.

  • Harmony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Harmony is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
  • Lacyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lacyville is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacyville
  • Martinsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Maxey Town
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Maxey Town is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxey Town
  • Plainview
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Plainview is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
  • Poe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Poe is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poe
  • Rocky Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocky Springs is located in Angelina County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Springs
  • Shady Grove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shady Grove is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
  • Swift
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Swift is located in Nacogdoches County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Union is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union Grave
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Union Grave is located in San Augustine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grave

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

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

  • Nacogdoches, which is the Seat of Nacogdoches County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Clear Springs to Nacogdoches, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over 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 215 miles [346 km] to the west southwest (WSW). 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 1,102 miles [1,773.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 63 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,960 miles [11,201 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,684 miles [12,366.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,559 miles [8,946.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

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 from Point A (ie- Clear Springs) 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 Clear Springs, 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Clear Springs 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Clear Springs 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 Clear Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4674, Longitude: -94.3871       In this case, the coordinates for Clear Springs have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.193 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.268 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.761 degrees.