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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 De Leon, we use the following websites to find information relevant to De Leon 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 De Leon:
- 32.111114, -98.536384
- 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 De Leon
- 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 Comanche County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Comanche County
- Since De Leon is near Erath County and also Eastland County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Erath County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Eastland 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 De Leon
Curious and Interesting Names Near De Leon ...
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.
- Carbon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Comanche
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Cottonwood is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Dublin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Duster
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Edna Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edna Hill is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edna Hill
- Hazeldell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Hazeldell is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazeldell
- Highland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Erath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Staff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Staff is located in Eastland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staff
- Stag Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stag Creek is located in Comanche County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stag Creek
How Far From De Leon 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 De Leon to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in De Leon and extending to:
- Comanche, which is the Seat of Comanche County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from De Leon to Comanche, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 135 miles [217.3 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,292 miles [2,079.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 51 days and walking would take 74 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,084 miles [11,400.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,821 miles [12,586.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,701 miles [9,174.9 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- De Leon) 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 De Leon 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 De Leon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1111, Longitude: -98.5364 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.023 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.677 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.511 degrees. |
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