Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Good Neighbor, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Good Neighbor and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Good Neighbor

• 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 Good Neighbor:
  • 33.194280, -95.650513
  • 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 Good Neighbor

• 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 Hopkins County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins County
  • Since Good Neighbor is near Delta County and also Hunt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt 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 Good Neighbor

Curious and Interesting Names Near Good Neighbor ...

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.

• Birthright
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Birthright is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birthright
• Deep Well Crossing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Deep Well Crossing is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Well Crossing
• Emblem
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Emblem is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
• Harpers Crossing
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Harpers Crossing is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harpers Crossing
• Martin Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Martin Springs is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Springs
• New Birthright
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • New Birthright is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Birthright
• Overland
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Overland is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Overland
• Peerless
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Peerless is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
• Pleasant Grove
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
• Posey
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Posey is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Posey
• Rockdale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Rockdale is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
• Sulphur Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Sulphur Springs is located in Hopkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,272 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sulphur Springs <1>

How Far From Good Neighbor to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Good Neighbor to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Good Neighbor and extending to:

• Sulphur Springs, which is the Seat of Hopkins County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 236 miles [379.8 km]<2> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Good Neighbor to Austin, with an average speed<3>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 1,108 miles [1,783.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,919 miles [11,135.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,652 miles [12,314.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,530 miles [8,899.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'