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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 Forsan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Forsan 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 Forsan:
- 32.110338, -101.366790
- 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 Forsan
- 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 Howard County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Howard County
- Since Forsan is near Glasscock County and also Mitchell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Glasscock County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Mitchell 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 Forsan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Forsan ...
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.
- Big Spring
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Elbow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Elbow is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbow
- Garden City
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Knott
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lees
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lees is located in Glasscock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees
- Luther
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Luther is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
- Otis Chalk ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Otis Chalk is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Chalk
- Sand Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Sand Springs is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Spade
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Spade is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spade
How Far From Forsan 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 city such as Forsan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Forsan and extending to:
- Big Spring, which is the Seat of Howard County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Forsan to Big Spring, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 249 miles [400.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 15 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,440 miles [2,317.5 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 57 days and walking would take 82 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,186 miles [11,564.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,930 miles [12,762.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,816 miles [9,359.9 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Forsan) 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 Forsan 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 Forsan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1103, Longitude: -101.3668 In this case, the coordinates for Forsan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 322.976 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.988 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.816 degrees. |
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