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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 Corral City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Corral City 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 Corral City:
- 33.098566, -97.230261
- 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 Corral City
- 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 Denton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Denton County
- Since Corral City is near Wise County and also Tarrant County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wise County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Tarrant 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 Corral City
Curious and Interesting Names Near Corral City ...
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.
- Argyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Copper Canyon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- DISH
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- DISH is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DISH
- Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
- Double Oak
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Drop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Drop is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drop
- Elizabethtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elizabethtown is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Flower Mound
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Justin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marshall Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Marshall Creek is located in Denton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Creek
- Ponder
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Trophy Club
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
How Far From Corral City 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 town such as Corral City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Corral City and extending to:
- Denton, which is the Seat of Denton County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Corral City to Denton, 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 197 miles [317 km] to the south (S). 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 1,193 miles [1,919.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 47 days and walking would take 68 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,983 miles [11,238 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,720 miles [12,424.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,600 miles [9,012.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Corral City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Corral City 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 Corral City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0986, Longitude: -97.2303 In this case, the coordinates for Corral City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.272 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.916 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.819 degrees. |
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