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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 Farmers Academy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Farmers Academy 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 Farmers Academy:
- 33.158175, -95.025493
- 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 Farmers Academy
- 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 Titus County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Titus County
- Since Farmers Academy is near Camp County and also Franklin County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Camp County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin 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 Farmers Academy
Curious and Interesting Names Near Farmers Academy ...
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.
- Cookville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Green Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Green Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
- Harvard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Harvard is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
- Hopewell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Liberty Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Liberty Hill is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Hill
- Majors
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Majors is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Majors
- Marshall Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall Springs is located in Titus County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Springs
- Mount Pleasant
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Pecan Heights
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pecan Heights is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Heights
- Rocky Mound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
- Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
How Far From Farmers Academy 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 Farmers Academy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Farmers Academy and extending to:
- Mount Pleasant, which is the Seat of Titus County, lies just to the East.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 255 miles [410.4 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Farmers Academy to Austin, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 15 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,077 miles [1,733.3 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 42 days and walking would take 62 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,897 miles [11,099.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,628 miles [12,276.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,505 miles [8,859.4 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 from Point A (ie- Farmers Academy) 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 Farmers Academy 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 Farmers Academy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.1582, Longitude: -95.0255 In this case, the coordinates for Farmers Academy have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.813 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.212 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.825 degrees. |
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