Outdoor Activities ...

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

When in Hide-A-Way Lake, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hide-A-Way Lake and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Hide-A-Way Lake

• 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 Hide-A-Way Lake:
  • 32.490142, -95.456068
  • 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 Hide-A-Way Lake

• 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 Smith County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
  • Since Hide-A-Way Lake is near Van Zandt County and also Wood County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Van Zandt County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wood 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 Hide-A-Way Lake

Curious and Interesting Names Near Hide-A-Way Lake ...

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.

• Friendship
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Friendship is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
• Garden Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden Valley is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
• Hideaway
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Hideaway is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
• Hoard
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Hoard is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
• Jamestown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jamestown is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
• New Harmony
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • New Harmony is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Harmony
• Red Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Red Springs is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
• Sand Flat
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sand Flat is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat
• Shady Grove
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shady Grove is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Grove
• Swan
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Swan is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
• Wood Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wood Springs is located in Smith County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs

How Far From Hide-A-Way Lake to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Hide-A-Way Lake and extending to:

• Tyler, which is the Seat of Smith County, lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<1> to the southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Hide-A-Way Lake to Tyler, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take 6 hours 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 204 miles [328.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,121 miles [1,804.1 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,949 miles [11,183.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,678 miles [12,356.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,555 miles [8,939.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'