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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 Erath, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erath 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 Erath:
- 31.633219, -97.263620
- 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 Erath
- 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 McLennan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McLennan County
- Since Erath is near Bosque County and also Hill County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill 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 Erath
Communities Also Named Erath ...
We found two communities that are also named Erath.
There is one other community in Texas that is also named Erath.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Erath in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Eastland 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 Texas community of Erath [Eastland County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- This Erath is located in Vermilion Parish and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Erath that is located in McLennan County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Vermilion Parish community of Erath.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erath ...
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.
- Beverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beverly is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beverly
- China Spring
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elm Mott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Highland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Highland is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Jewell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jewell is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Lacy - Lakeview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Patrick
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Patrick is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Rock Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Creek is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Springs is located in Bosque County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Rogers Hill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rogers Hill is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Hill
- Waco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Waco is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waco
- Population from the 2020 Census: 141,377 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waco <3>
- Willow Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Willow Grove is located in McLennan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Grove
- Woodway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
How Far From Erath 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 Erath to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Erath and extending to:
- Waco, which is the Seat of McLennan County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 98 miles [157.7 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Erath to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,242 miles [1,998.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,062 miles [11,365.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,795 miles [12,544.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,672 miles [9,128.2 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 Erath 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 'straight-line' (or 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- Erath) 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 Erath 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 Erath. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6332, Longitude: -97.2636 In this case, the coordinates for Erath have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.10 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.529 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.987 degrees. |
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