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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 Crecy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Crecy 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 Crecy:
- 31.201295, -95.055213
- 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 Crecy
- 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 Trinity County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Trinity County
- Since Crecy is near Houston County and also Angelina 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 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 Crecy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Crecy ...
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.
- Apple Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Center Point ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Centerville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Fog Town
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Friendship
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Friendship is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Lacy
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Lacy is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
- Lacy has also been known as:
- Lacey
- Stubblefield
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Stubblefield is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
- Sulphur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sulphur is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
- Woodlake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Woodlake is located in Trinity County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlake
How Far From Crecy 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 Crecy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Crecy and extending to:
- Groveton, which is the Seat of Trinity County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Crecy to Groveton, 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 172 miles [276.8 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,145 miles [1,842.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,000 miles [11,265.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,725 miles [12,432.2 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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Crecy) 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 Crecy 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 Crecy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.2013, Longitude: -95.0552 In this case, the coordinates for Crecy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.59 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.699 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.075 degrees. |
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