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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 Fannin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fannin 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 Fannin:
- 28.694952, -97.237479
- 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 Fannin
- 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 Goliad County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Goliad County
- Since Fannin is near Victoria County and also Refugio County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Victoria County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Refugio 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 Fannin
Communities Also Named Fannin ...
We found four communities that are also named Fannin.
Within Texas, the name Fannin is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Levy 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 Florida community of Fannin [Levy County].
- Kentucky
- Elliott County
- This Fannin is located in Elliott County and lies 1,039 miles [1,672.1 km]<2> to the northeast of the Fannin that is located in Goliad County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Elliott County community of Fannin.
- Morgan County
- This Fannin is located in Morgan County and lies 1,024 miles [1,648 km] to the northeast of the Fannin that is located in Goliad County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Morgan County community of Fannin.
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- This Fannin is located in Rankin County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Fannin that is located in Goliad County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rankin County community of Fannin.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fannin ...
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.
- Angel City
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Angel City is located in Goliad County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel City
- Cotton Patch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Cotton Patch is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Patch
- Fordtran
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fordtran is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordtran
- Golly
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Golly is located in DeWitt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golly
- Green Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Green Lake is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
- Guadalupe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guadalupe is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Hughes ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Hughes is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes
- Inez
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mission Valley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Mission Valley is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Valley
- Nursery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Raisin
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Raisin is located in Victoria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raisin
How Far From Fannin 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 Fannin to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Fannin and extending to:
- Goliad, which is the Seat of Goliad County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Fannin to Goliad, with an average speed<4> 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 112 miles [180.2 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,216 miles [11,613 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,940 miles [12,778.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,815 miles [9,358.3 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fannin 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 '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- Fannin) 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 Fannin 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 Fannin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 28.6950, Longitude: -97.2375 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.631 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.603 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.224 degrees. |
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