Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Gainesville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gainesville and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Gainesville
- 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 Gainesville:
- 33.638519, -97.148468
- 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.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Gainesville
- 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 Cooke County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Cooke County
- Since Gainesville is near Love County and also Grayson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Love County
- eBird sighting report for Grayson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Gainesville ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Gainesville.
There are two communities within Texas that are also named Gainesville.
Beyond Texas, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Harrison County
- This Gainesville is located in Harrison County and lies 178 miles [286.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Harrison County community of Gainesville.
- Llano County
- This Gainesville is located in Llano County and lies 219 miles [352.4 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Llano County community of Gainesville.
- Harrison County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Sumter County
- This Gainesville is located in Sumter County and lies 522 miles [840.1 km]<1> to the east of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sumter County community of Gainesville.
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- This Gainesville is located in Greene County and lies 414 miles [666.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greene County community of Gainesville.
- Florida
- Alachua County
- This Gainesville is located in Alachua County and lies 912 miles [1,467.7 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Alachua County community of Gainesville.
- Georgia
- Hall County
- This Gainesville is located in Hall County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the east of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hall County community of Gainesville.
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- This Gainesville is located in Allen County and lies 657 miles [1,057.3 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Gainesville.
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- This community is historic<2> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gainesville [Hancock County].
- Missouri
- Ozark County
- This Gainesville is located in Ozark County and lies 336 miles [540.7 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ozark County community of Gainesville.
- New York
- Wyoming County
- This Gainesville is located in Wyoming County and lies 1,201 miles [1,932.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming County community of Gainesville.
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- This Gainesville is located in Tipton County and lies 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tipton County community of Gainesville.
- Virginia
- Prince William County
- This Gainesville is located in Prince William County and lies 1,142 miles [1,837.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Gainesville that is located in Cooke County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Prince William County community of Gainesville.
- Alabama
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gainesville ...
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.
- Cook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Era
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Era is located in Cooke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Era <4>
- Hood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood is located in Cooke County
- Lake Kiowa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Kiowa
- Lake Kiowa is located in Cooke County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Kiowa <4>
- Mountain Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Springs
- Mountain Springs is located in Cooke County
- Shady Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
- Shady Grove is located in Cooke County
- Sturgeon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Thackerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thackerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thackerville
- Thackerville is located in Love County (OK)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 521 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thackerville <4>
- Walnut Bend
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walnut Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Bend
- Walnut Bend is located in Cooke County
How Far From Gainesville 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 city such as Gainesville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gainesville and extending to:
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 235 miles [378.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Gainesville to Austin, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take nearly four hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 14 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 10 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,174 miles [1,889.4 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,952 miles [11,188.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,689 miles [12,374.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,570 miles [8,964 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Gainesville: www.gainesville.tx.us/
The official website for Cooke County: www.co.cooke.tx.us/
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Gainesville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gainesville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6385, Longitude: -97.1485 In this case, the coordinates for Gainesville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Gainesville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <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 Gainesville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 320.283 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.997 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.721 degrees. |