Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Emille, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Emille and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Emille

• 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 Emille:
  • 30.843534, -94.262694
  • 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 Emille

• 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 Tyler County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Tyler County
  • Since Emille is near Jasper County and also Angelina County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Jasper County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Angelina 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 Emille

Curious and Interesting Names Near Emille ...

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.

• Dies Community
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Dies Community is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dies Community
• Ebenezer
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebenezer is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebenezer
• Fox Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Fox Landing is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Landing
• Homer
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Homer is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
• Ivanhoe
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,438 people
• Magnolia Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
• Rockland
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rockland is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
• Science Hall
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Science Hall is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hall
• Town Bluff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff

How Far From Emille 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 Emille to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Emille and extending to:

• Woodville, which is the Seat of Tyler County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Emille to Woodville, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 210 miles [338 km] to the west (W). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,120 miles [1,802.5 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,987 miles [11,244.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,709 miles [12,406.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,584 miles [8,986.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'