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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 Crabbs Prairie, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crabbs Prairie 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 Crabbs Prairie:
- 30.754082, -95.649112
- 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 Crabbs Prairie
- 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 Walker County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Walker County
- Since Crabbs Prairie is near Houston County and also Grimes County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grimes 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 Crabbs Prairie
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crabbs Prairie ...
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.
- Arizona
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Arizona is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arizona
- Bath
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bath is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
- Cotton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Cotton is located in Grimes County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton
- Dodge
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Harmony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Harmony is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony
- Huntsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mossy Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mossy Grove is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossy Grove
- Pine Prairie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Prairie is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Prairie
How Far From Crabbs Prairie 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 Crabbs Prairie to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crabbs Prairie and extending to:
- Huntsville, which is the Seat of Walker County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Crabbs Prairie to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,192 miles [1,918.3 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 7,046 miles [11,339.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,771 miles [12,506.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,647 miles [9,088 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crabbs Prairie) 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 Crabbs Prairie 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 Crabbs Prairie. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7541, Longitude: -95.6491 In this case, the coordinates for Crabbs Prairie have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.914 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.021 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.376 degrees. |
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