Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Crandall, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crandall and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Crandall
- 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 Crandall:
- 32.628082, -96.453418
- 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 Crandall
- 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 Kaufman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Kaufman County
- Since Crandall is near Dallas County and also Ellis County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Dallas County
- eBird sighting report for Ellis 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Crandall ...
We found nine communities that share the name Crandall.
Within Texas, the name Crandall is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Manitoba
- This Crandall lies 1,229 miles [1,977.9 km]<1> to the north of the Crandall that is located in Kaufman County.
- Mississippi
- Ohio
- South Dakota
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crandall ...
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.
- Cartwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cartwright have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
- Cartwright is located in Kaufman County
- Combine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Combine
- Combine is located in Dallas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,537 people
- Cottonwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in Kaufman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- India
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Lone Star
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east) - Markout
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Oak Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Patrick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west) - Post Oak Bend
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Oak Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend
- Post Oak Bend is located in Kaufman County
- Post Oak Bend City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Oak Bend City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Oak Bend City
- Post Oak Bend City is located in Kaufman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
- Scurry
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Scurry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scurry
- Scurry is located in Kaufman County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 811 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Scurry <5>
- Union Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Valley
- Union Valley is located in Kaufman County
- Walnut Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Springs
- Walnut Springs is located in Ellis County
How Far From Crandall 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 city such as Crandall to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Crandall and extending to:
- Kaufman, which is the Seat of Kaufman County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Crandall to Austin, with an average speed<6>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 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,167 miles [1,878.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,979 miles [11,231.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,712 miles [12,411.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,590 miles [8,996.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Crandall. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Kaufman County: www.kaufmancounty.net/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 from Point A (ie- Crandall) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crandall. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6281, Longitude: -96.4534 In this case, the coordinates for Crandall have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Crandall, 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Crandall 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Crandall 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 319.693 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.176 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.523 degrees. |