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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 Freeland, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Freeland and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Freeland:
    • 32.197091, -97.566411
    • 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 Freeland
  • 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 Johnson County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
    • Since Freeland is near Bosque County and also Somervell County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bosque County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Somervell 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 Freeland

Communities Also Named Freeland ...

We found thirteen communities that are also named Freeland.

Within Texas, the name Freeland is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of thirteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Clear Creek County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Freeland [Clear Creek County].
    • Louisiana
      • West Feliciana Parish
      • This Freeland is located in West Feliciana Parish and lies 383 miles [616.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Feliciana Parish community of Freeland.
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • This Freeland is located in Baltimore County and lies 1,273 miles [2,048.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Freeland.
    • Michigan
      • Saginaw County
      • This Freeland is located in Saginaw County and lies 1,069 miles [1,720.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saginaw County community of Freeland.
    • Missouri
      • Carter County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Carter County, we don't know where within the county.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Carter County community of Freeland.
    • North Carolina
      • Brunswick County
      • This Freeland is located in Brunswick County and lies 1,106 miles [1,779.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brunswick County community of Freeland.
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • This Freeland is located in Muskingum County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Muskingum County community of Freeland.
    • Ontario
      • This Freeland lies 1,433 miles [2,306.2 km]<2> to the northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • This Freeland is located in Luzerne County and lies 1,341 miles [2,158.1 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Luzerne County community of Freeland.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • This Freeland lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • This Freeland is located in Henry County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Freeland.
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • This Freeland is located in Island County and lies 1,698 miles [2,732.7 km]<2> to the northwest of the Freeland that is located in Johnson County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Island County community of Freeland.
    • Wyoming
      • Natrona County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Freeland [Natrona County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Freeland ...

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.

  • Bono
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Bono is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bono
  • Eulogy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Eulogy is located in Bosque County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eulogy
  • Fort Spunky
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Spunky is located in Hood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spunky
  • Georges Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Georges Creek is located in Somervell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
  • Highland
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Highland is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Lone Willow
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lone Willow is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Willow
  • Nemo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rainbow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Retreat
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Retreat is located in Hill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Retreat

How Far From Freeland 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 Freeland to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Freeland and extending to:

  • Cleburne, which is the Seat of Johnson County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Freeland to Cleburne, with an average speed<5> 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 133 miles [214 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 6 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,239 miles [1,994 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 49 days and walking would take 71 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,044 miles [11,336.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,778 miles [12,517.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,657 miles [9,104.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Freeland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Freeland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Freeland 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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 Freeland 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 Freeland. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1971, Longitude: -97.5664       In this case, the coordinates for Freeland have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.38 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.93 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.066 degrees.