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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 Hamrick, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hamrick 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 Hamrick:
- 31.858478, -99.480067
- 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 Hamrick
- 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 Coleman County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coleman County
- Since Hamrick is near Brown County and also Runnels County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Brown County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Runnels 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 Hamrick
Communities Also Named Hamrick ...
We found two communities that are also named Hamrick.
Within Texas, the name Hamrick is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Putnam County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hamrick [Putnam County].
- North Carolina
- Yancey County
- This Hamrick is located in Yancey County and lies 1,026 miles [1,651.2 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Hamrick that is located in Coleman County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Yancey County community of Hamrick.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hamrick ...
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.
- Buffalo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Buffalo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
- Crews
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Crews is located in Runnels County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crews
- Echo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Echo is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
- Fry ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Fry is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
- Glen Cove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Glen Cove is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Cove
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Novice
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shields
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Shields is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shields
- Silver Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Valley is located in Coleman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Valley
How Far From Hamrick 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 Hamrick to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hamrick and extending to:
- Coleman, which is the Seat of Coleman County, lies just to the East Southeast.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 150 miles [241.4 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Hamrick to Austin, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,349 miles [2,171 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 53 days and walking would take 77 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,871 miles [12,667.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,753 miles [9,258.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Hamrick 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. |
| <2> | 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- Hamrick) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hamrick 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 Hamrick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8585, Longitude: -99.4801 In this case, the coordinates for Hamrick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.63 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 318.364 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.962 degrees. |
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