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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 Ernest Anderson Crossing, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ernest Anderson Crossing and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Ernest Anderson Crossing
- 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing:
- 31.443513, -95.035769
- 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing
- 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 Houston County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Houston County
- Since Ernest Anderson Crossing is near Cherokee County and also Angelina County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Cherokee 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing
Curious and Interesting Names Near Ernest Anderson Crossing ...
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.
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bluff City is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Cross Roads
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cross Roads is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Roads
- Fog Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fog Town is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fog Town
- Forest
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Forest is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest
- Plain
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Plain is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Ratcliff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redtown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Redtown is located in Angelina County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redtown
- Stubblefield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stubblefield is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stubblefield
- Sweet Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Sweet Union is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Union
- Walker Crossing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Walker Crossing is located in Houston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker Crossing
How Far From Ernest Anderson Crossing 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Ernest Anderson Crossing and extending to:
- Crockett, which is the Seat of Houston County, lies 26 miles [41.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Ernest Anderson Crossing to Crockett, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just over a day.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 179 miles [288.1 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 11 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,136 miles [1,828.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 45 days and walking would take 65 days.
- The shortest distance<4> 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).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,712 miles [12,411.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,588 miles [8,993 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
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> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ernest Anderson Crossing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing 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 Ernest Anderson Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.4435, Longitude: -95.0358 In this case, the coordinates for Ernest Anderson Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.609 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 314.753 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.04 degrees. |
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