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.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Hoard
- 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.
- 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:
- 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:
- eBird sighting report for Smith County
- 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Hoard ...
We found two communities that share the name Hoard.
Within Texas, the name Hoard is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
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) - Calvary
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest) - Crow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Friendship
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friendship have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Friendship is located in Smith County
- Garden Valley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
- Garden Valley is located in Smith County
- Golden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
- Golden is located in Wood County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golden <4>
- Hide-A-Way Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hide-A-Way Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hide-A-Way Lake
- Hide-A-Way Lake is located in Smith County
- Hideaway
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hideaway
- Hideaway is located in Smith County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,208 people
- Jamestown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Little Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Hope
- Little Hope is located in Wood County
- Mineola
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineola
- Mineola is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,951 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineola <4>
- Oak Grove
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pine Mills
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mills
- Pine Mills is located in Wood County
- Quitman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quitman
- Quitman is located in Wood County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,859 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quitman <4>
- Red Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Springs
- Red Springs is located in Smith County
- Sand Flat
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Silver Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Silver Lake is located in Van Zandt County
- Wood Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wood Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
- Wood Springs is located in Smith County
- Pine Mills
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<5> 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<6> 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).<7>
- 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).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,545 miles [8,923.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hoard. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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- Hoard) to Point B.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). |
| <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 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 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 318.99 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 315.353 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 314.05 degrees. |