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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 Gough, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Gough 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 Gough:
- 33.343999, -95.800518
- 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 Gough
- 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 Delta County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Since Gough is near Hunt County and also Hopkins County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hunt County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hopkins 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 Gough
Communities Also Named Gough ...
We found two communities that are also named Gough.
Within Texas, the name Gough is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Burke County
- This Gough is located in Burke County and lies 783 miles [1,260.1 km]<1> to the east of the Gough that is located in Delta County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burke County community of Gough.
- South Carolina
- Berkeley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gough [Berkeley County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Gough ...
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.
- Cooper
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Well Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep Well Crossing is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Well Crossing
- Emblem
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Emblem is located in Hopkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
- Friendship
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Jot-Em-Down
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jot-Em-Down is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jot-Em-Down
- Jot-Em-Down has also been known as:
- Mohegan
- Muddig Prairie
- Liberty Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Liberty Grove is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Grove
- Needmore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Needmore is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore
- Pecan Gap
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Price
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Price is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
How Far From Gough 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 Gough to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Gough and extending to:
- Cooper, which is the Seat of Delta County, lies just to the East Northeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 241 miles [387.9 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could drive a straight line from Gough to Austin, with an average speed<4>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 1,112 miles [1,789.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 64 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,917 miles [11,131.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,650 miles [12,311.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,529 miles [8,898.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gough) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Gough 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Gough 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 Gough. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.3440, Longitude: -95.8005 In this case, the coordinates for Gough have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.346 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.861 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.146 degrees. |
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