Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Erin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Erin and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Erin
- 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 Erin:
- 30.779647, -93.996853
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Erin
- 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 Jasper County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Jasper County
- Since Erin is near Tyler County and also Newton County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Tyler County
- eBird sighting report for Newton 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Erin ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Erin.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Erin.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- New York
- Ontario
- This Erin lies 1,175 miles [1,891 km]<2> to the northeast of the Erin that is located in Jasper County.
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
Curious and Interesting Names Near Erin ...
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.
- Bon Ami
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Eclipse
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Jasper County
- Holly Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holly Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holly Springs
- Holly Springs is located in Jasper County
- Jasper
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Jasper is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,597 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <4>
- Kirbyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirbyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirbyville
- Kirbyville is located in Jasper County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,032 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirbyville <4>
- Magnolia Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Magnolia Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnolia Springs
- Magnolia Springs is located in Jasper County
- Science Hall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Science Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Science Hall
- Science Hall is located in Jasper County
- Town Bluff
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
- Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
- Zion Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
How Far From Erin 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 Erin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Erin and extending to:
- Jasper, which is the Seat of Jasper County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the north. If you could walk a straight line from Erin to Jasper, with an average speed<5> 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 225 miles [362.1 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 9 days and walking would take 13 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,110 miles [1,786.4 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,980 miles [11,233.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,700 miles [12,391.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,576 miles [8,973.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Erin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
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 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 Erin 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Erin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Erin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.7796, Longitude: -93.9969 In this case, the coordinates for Erin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Erin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 317.855 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 313.781 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.679 degrees. |