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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 Custer City, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Custer 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 Custer City:
- 33.6828847, -97.0500094
- 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 Custer 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 Cooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cooke County
- Since Custer City is near Grayson County and also Love County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grayson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Love 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 Custer City
Communities Also Named Custer City ...
We found three communities that are also named Custer City.
Within Texas, the name Custer City is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Custer County
- This community is historic<1> and although located in Custer County, we don't know where within the county.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Custer City.
- Oklahoma
- Custer County
- This Custer City is located in Custer County and lies 171 miles [275.2 km]<2> to the northwest of the Custer City that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Custer County community of Custer City.
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- This Custer City is located in McKean County and lies 1,149 miles [1,849.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Custer City that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the McKean County community of Custer City.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Custer 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.
- Cook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cook is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
- Dixie
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Dixie is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
- Gordonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Kiowa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Red Branch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Red Branch is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Branch
- Shady Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Shady Grove is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Sturgeon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sturgeon is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
- Thackerville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Walnut Bend
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Walnut Bend is located in Cooke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend
How Far From Custer City to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Custer City to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic community of Custer City once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Custer City and extending to:
- Gainesville, which is the Seat of Cooke County, lies just to the Southwest.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<2> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Custer City to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 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<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,946 miles [11,178.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,683 miles [12,364.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,564 miles [8,954.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Custer City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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- Custer City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Custer 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 Custer City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6829, Longitude: -97.0500 In this case, the coordinates for Custer City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.222 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.931 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.67 degrees. |
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