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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 Deweyville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Deweyville 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 Deweyville:
- 30.296002, -93.744487
- 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 Deweyville
- 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 Newton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Newton County
- Since Deweyville is near Orange County and also Calcasieu Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Orange County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Calcasieu Parish
- 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 Deweyville
Communities Also Named Deweyville ...
We found three communities that are also named Deweyville.
Within Texas, the name Deweyville is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of three communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Deweyville [Clay County].
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- This Deweyville is located in Hancock County and lies 931 miles [1,498.3 km]<2> to the north northeast of the Deweyville that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hancock County community of Deweyville.
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- This Deweyville is located in Box Elder County and lies 1,288 miles [2,072.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Deweyville that is located in Newton County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Box Elder County community of Deweyville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Deweyville ...
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.
- Big Woods
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Big Woods is located in Calcasieu Parish (LA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Woods
- Echo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Echo is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Gist
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gist is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gist
- Gratis
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Gratis is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gratis
- Hartburg
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartburg is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartburg
- Lemonville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Lemonville is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemonville
- Little Cypress
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Little Cypress is located in Orange County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Cypress
- Mauriceville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Starks
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
How Far From Deweyville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Deweyville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Deweyville and extending to:
- Newton, which is the Seat of Newton County, lies 38 miles [61.2 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Deweyville to Newton, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 238 miles [383 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,995 miles [11,257.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,712 miles [12,411.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Deweyville 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. |
| <2> | 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 from Point A (ie- Deweyville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Deweyville 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 Deweyville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.2960, Longitude: -93.7445 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.63 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.455 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.632 degrees. |
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