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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 Hideaway, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hideaway 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 Hideaway:
- 32.488770, -95.455509
- 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 Hideaway
- 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 Hideaway 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 Hideaway
Communities Also Named Hideaway ...
We found one communities that are also named Hideaway.
Within Texas, the name Hideaway is unique.
Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Hideaway in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- This Hideaway is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and lies 293 miles [471.5 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Hideaway that is located in Smith County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the East Baton Rouge Parish community of Hideaway.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hideaway ...
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)
- Hide-A-Way Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Hide-A-Way Lake is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Lake
- Hoard
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hoard is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoard
- Jamestown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 Hideaway 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 city such as Hideaway to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hideaway 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 Hideaway 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 5,556 miles [8,941.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hideaway) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Hideaway 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 Hideaway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.4888, Longitude: -95.4555 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 319.016 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.364 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.098 degrees. |
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