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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 Delia, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delia 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 Delia:
- 31.706840, -96.767071
- 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 Delia
- 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 Limestone County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Limestone County
- Since Delia is near Hill County and also McLennan County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan 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 Delia
Communities Also Named Delia ...
We found five communities that are also named Delia.
Within Texas, the name Delia is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of five communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- This Delia lies 1,586 miles [2,552.4 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Delia that is located in Limestone County.
- Kansas
- Jackson County
- This Delia is located in Jackson County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the north of the Delia that is located in Limestone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jackson County community of Delia.
- Kentucky
- Grant County
- This Delia is located in Grant County and lies 833 miles [1,340.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Delia that is located in Limestone County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Grant County community of Delia.
- Missouri
- Ozark 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 Missouri community of Delia [Ozark County].
- Tennessee
- Jefferson 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 Tennessee community of Delia [Jefferson County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delia ...
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.
- Battle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Battle is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Ben Hur
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Hallsburg is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 454 people
- Horn Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Horn Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Hill
- Lavender
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Lavender is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavender
- Mart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Mount Calm
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Mustang
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Mustang is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mustang
- Prairie Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sandy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Sandy is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Union High
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Union High is located in Navarro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union High
How Far From Delia 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 Delia 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<4> community of Delia once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Delia and extending to:
- Groesbeck, which is the Seat of Limestone County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Delia to Groesbeck, with an average speed<5> 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 five to six hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 114 miles [183.5 km] to the south southwest (SSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,214 miles [1,953.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 48 days and walking would take 69 days.
- The shortest distance<6> 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).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,771 miles [12,506.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,648 miles [9,089.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Delia) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Delia 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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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 Delia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Delia 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 Delia. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.7068, Longitude: -96.7671 In this case, the coordinates for Delia have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.78 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.162 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.761 degrees. |
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