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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 Happy, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Happy 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 Happy:
- 34.743697, -101.855166
- 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 Happy
- 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 Swisher County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Swisher County
- Since Happy is near Randall County and also Castro County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Randall County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Castro 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 Happy
Communities Also Named Happy ...
We found four communities that are also named Happy.
Within Texas, the name Happy is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- 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 Alaska community of Happy.
- Arkansas
- White County
- This Happy is located in White County and lies 578 miles [930.2 km]<2> to the east of the Happy that is located in Swisher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Happy.
- Kansas
- Graham 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 Kansas community of Happy [Graham County].
- Kentucky
- Perry County
- This Happy is located in Perry County and lies 1,060 miles [1,705.9 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Happy that is located in Swisher County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Perry County community of Happy.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Happy ...
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.
- Canyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Dawn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jumbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jumbo is located in Castro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Kaffir
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Kaffir is located in Swisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kaffir
- Lake Tanglewood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lake Tanglewood is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tanglewood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 898 people
- Lakeview
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Lakeview is located in Swisher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Timbercreek Canyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Timbercreek Canyon is located in Randall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timbercreek Canyon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Wayside
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
How Far From Happy 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 town such as Happy to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Happy and extending to:
- Tulia, which is the Seat of Swisher County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Happy to Tulia, with an average speed<4> 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 390 miles [627.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 23 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,396 miles [2,246.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,057 miles [11,357.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,808 miles [12,565.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,703 miles [9,178.1 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 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 Happy 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Happy) 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 Happy 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 Happy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.7437, Longitude: -101.8552 |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 323.688 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 321.141 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 316.843 degrees. |
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