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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 Hoard, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Hoard 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 Hoard:
- 32.641524, -95.387453
- 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 Hoard
- 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 Wood County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Wood County
- Since Hoard is near Smith County and also Van Zandt County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Smith County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Van Zandt 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 Hoard
Communities Also Named Hoard ...
We found two communities that are also named Hoard.
Within Texas, the name Hoard is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of two communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Monongalia County
- This Hoard is located in Monongalia County and lies 987 miles [1,588.4 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Hoard that is located in Wood County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monongalia County community of Hoard.
- Wisconsin
- Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Hoard [Sheboygan County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Hoard ...
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.
- Angler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Angler is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angler
- Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calvary is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary
- Crow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Crow is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
- Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Friendship is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Garden Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Golden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hide-A-Way Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hide-A-Way Lake is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Lake
- Hideaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Jamestown is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown
- Little Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Little Hope is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Mineola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Oak Grove is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pine Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Red Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Sand Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sand Flat is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Flat
- Silver Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Silver Lake is located in Van Zandt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Wood Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Wood Springs is located in Smith County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
How Far From Hoard 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 Hoard to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Hoard and extending to:
- Quitman, which is the Seat of Wood County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<1> to the north northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Hoard to Quitman, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Austin, which is the State Capital of Texas, lies 214 miles [344.4 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 9 days and walking would take 13 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 6,938 miles [11,165.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,668 miles [12,340.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,545 miles [8,923.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hoard) 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 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 Hoard 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 Hoard 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 Hoard. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6415, Longitude: -95.3875 In this case, the coordinates for Hoard have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.99 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.353 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.05 degrees. |
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