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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 Delrose, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Delrose 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 Delrose:
- 32.785714, -94.955866
- 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 Delrose
- 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 Upshur County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Upshur County
- Since Delrose is near Camp County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camp County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Delrose
Curious and Interesting Names Near Delrose ...
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.
- Crossroads
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crossroads is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Hickory Hill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Hickory Hill is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Hill
- Indian Rock
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Latch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Latch is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latch
- Lone Pine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Mings Chapel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Mings Chapel is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mings Chapel
- Rosewood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sand Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sand Hill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
- Stamps
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Stamps is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamps
- Union Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Union Hill is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Delrose 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 Delrose to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Delrose and extending to:
- Gilmer, which is the Seat of Upshur County, lies just to the South.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 239 miles [384.6 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Delrose to Austin, with an average speed<2>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 1,085 miles [1,746.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 43 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,914 miles [11,127 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,643 miles [12,300.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,520 miles [8,883.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Delrose) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Delrose 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 Delrose. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7857, Longitude: -94.9559 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.724 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.06 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.842 degrees. |
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