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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 Fort Phantom Hill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Fort Phantom Hill 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 Fort Phantom Hill:
- 32.632898, -99.683422
- 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 Fort Phantom Hill
- 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 Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
- Since Fort Phantom Hill is near Taylor County and also Shackelford County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Taylor County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Shackelford 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 Fort Phantom Hill
Curious and Interesting Names Near Fort Phantom Hill ...
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.
- Berryhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Berryhill is located in Shackelford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryhill
- Caps
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Caps is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caps
- Clyde
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elmdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Elmdale is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmdale
- Impact
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Impact is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Impact
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31 people
- Mount Pleasant
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Noodle
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Noodle is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noodle
- Phantom Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Phantom Hill is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phantom Hill
- Plainview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Plainview is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
- Radium
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Radium is located in Jones County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
- View
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- View is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for View
How Far From Fort Phantom Hill 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 Fort Phantom Hill to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<2> community of Fort Phantom Hill once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Fort Phantom Hill and extending to:
- Anson, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Fort Phantom Hill to Anson, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,336 miles [2,150.1 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 76 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,098 miles [11,423.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,839 miles [12,615.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,722 miles [9,208.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
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> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Phantom Hill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fort Phantom Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Fort Phantom Hill 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 Fort Phantom Hill. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6329, Longitude: -99.6834 In this case, the coordinates for Fort Phantom Hill have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.881 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.754 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.99 degrees. |
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