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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 Daisetta, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Daisetta 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 Daisetta:
- 30.113529, -94.642605
- 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 Daisetta
- 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 Liberty County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Liberty County
- Since Daisetta is near Hardin County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hardin County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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 Daisetta
Curious and Interesting Names Near Daisetta ...
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.
- Cow Island
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cow Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Island
- Ducat Settlement
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ducat Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ducat Settlement
- Hogpen Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hogpen Crossing is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hogpen Crossing
- Hull
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Liberty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rattlesnake Bead
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rattlesnake Bead is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake Bead
- Rock Island
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Island is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Island
- Strain
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Strain is located in Hardin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strain
- Tanner Settlement
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tanner Settlement is located in Liberty County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanner Settlement
How Far From Daisetta 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 city such as Daisetta to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Daisetta and extending to:
- Liberty, which is the Seat of Liberty County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Daisetta to Liberty, 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 185 miles [297.7 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,168 miles [1,879.7 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,040 miles [11,329.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,760 miles [12,488.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,635 miles [9,068.7 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- Daisetta) 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 Daisetta 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 Daisetta. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.1135, Longitude: -94.6426 In this case, the coordinates for Daisetta have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.175 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.071 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.021 degrees. |
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