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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 Dilworth, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dilworth and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Dilworth:
    • 33.702609, -94.980222
    • 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 Dilworth
  • 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 Red River County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Red River County
    • Since Dilworth is near McCurtain County and also Bowie County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for McCurtain County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bowie 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 Dilworth

Communities Also Named Dilworth ...

We found eight communities that are also named Dilworth.

There is one other community in Texas that is also named Dilworth.

Beyond Texas, we know of seven communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Texas ...
    • Gonzales County
      • This Dilworth is located in Gonzales County and lies 319 miles [513.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Dilworth.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Walker County
      • This Dilworth is located in Walker County and lies 455 miles [732.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Walker County community of Dilworth.
    • Arkansas
      • Sevier County
      • This Dilworth is located in Sevier County and lies 45 miles [72.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sevier County community of Dilworth.
    • Minnesota
      • Clay County
      • This Dilworth is located in Clay County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the north of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Dilworth.
    • Montana
      • Park 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 Montana community of Dilworth [Park County].
    • Ohio
      • Trumbull 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 Ohio community of Dilworth [Trumbull County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Kay County
      • This Dilworth is located in Kay County and lies 256 miles [412 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kay County community of Dilworth.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Dilworth is located in King County and lies 1,710 miles [2,752 km]<1> to the northwest of the Dilworth that is located in Red River County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Dilworth.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Dilworth ...

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.

  • Clarksville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dimple
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Dimple is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dimple
  • English
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • English is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English
  • Greenwood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Harris
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Harris is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Iron Stob Corner
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Iron Stob Corner is located in McCurtain County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Stob Corner
  • Lone Star
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lone Star is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
  • Peters Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Peters Prairie is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peters Prairie
  • Pine Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Pine Springs is located in Bowie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
  • Reeds Settlement
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Reeds Settlement is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeds Settlement
  • Sherry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sherry is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherry
  • Silver City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver City is located in Red River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City

How Far From Dilworth to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dilworth to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dilworth and extending to:

  • Clarksville, which is the Seat of Red River County, lies just to the Southwest.
  • Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 287 miles [461.9 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Dilworth to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,058 miles [1,702.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 61 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,867 miles [11,051.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,600 miles [12,231 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,478 miles [8,816 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

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- Dilworth) 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Dilworth 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>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 Dilworth 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 Dilworth. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7026, Longitude: -94.9802       In this case, the coordinates for Dilworth have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.845 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.319 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.732 degrees.