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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 Dabney, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dabney 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 Dabney:
    • 29.162463, -100.099511
    • 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 Dabney
  • 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 Dabney ...

We found seven communities that share the name Dabney.

Within Texas, the name Dabney is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Van Buren County
      • This Dabney is located in Van Buren County and lies 617 miles [993 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dabney that is located in Uvalde County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Van Buren County community of Dabney.
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dabney [DeKalb County].
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • This Dabney is located in Ripley County and lies 1,084 miles [1,744.5 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dabney that is located in Uvalde County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ripley County community of Dabney.
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski County
      • This Dabney is located in Pulaski County and lies 1,053 miles [1,694.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dabney that is located in Uvalde County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Dabney.
    • North Carolina
      • Vance County
      • This Dabney is located in Vance County and lies 1,345 miles [2,164.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dabney that is located in Uvalde County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vance County community of Dabney.
    • Virginia
      • Prince William County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Dabney [Prince William County].
    • West Virginia
      • Logan County
      • This Dabney is located in Logan County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Dabney that is located in Uvalde County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Dabney.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dabney ...

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.

In the vicinity of Dabney, Darling is located 21 miles [33.8 km] to the Southwest

How Far From Dabney 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 Dabney to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dabney and extending to:

  • Uvalde, which is the Seat of Uvalde County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Dabney to Uvalde, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 160 miles [257.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 9 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,475 miles [2,373.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 58 days and walking would take 84 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,301 miles [11,749.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,034 miles [12,929.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,912 miles [9,514.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dabney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Uvalde County: www.uvaldecounty.com/

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dabney) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dabney. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.1625, Longitude: -100.0995       In this case, the coordinates for Dabney have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 Dabney 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.
<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 Dabney to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.62 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.02 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.42 degrees.




 

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