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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 Dog Ridge, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dog Ridge 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 Dog Ridge:
- 31.054069, -97.506677
- 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 Dog Ridge
- 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 Bell County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bell County
- Since Dog Ridge is near Coryell County and also Williamson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coryell County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Williamson 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 Dog Ridge
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dog Ridge ...
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.
- Bland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Bland is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bland
- Curry Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Curry Crossing is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curry Crossing
- Hobbs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Hobbs is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
- Little River
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Star
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Owl Creek
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Owl Creek is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Creek
- Prairie Dell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Prairie Dell is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Dell
- Sparks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
- Temple
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Union Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Union Grove is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Grove
- Union Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Union Hill is located in Bell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
How Far From Dog Ridge 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 Dog Ridge 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<2> community of Dog Ridge once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Dog Ridge and extending to:
- Belton, which is the Seat of Bell County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 56 miles [90.1 km]<3> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Dog Ridge to Austin, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,274 miles [2,050.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about three full days, a buggy would take 50 days and walking would take 73 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,102 miles [11,429.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,833 miles [12,606 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,711 miles [9,191 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | 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 Dog Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Dog Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Dog Ridge 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 Dog Ridge. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.0541, Longitude: -97.5067 In this case, the coordinates for Dog Ridge have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.179 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.549 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.148 degrees. |
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